ENGLISH

Images of Justice

By Dorothy Harley Eber

Book information

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Year
1997
ISBN
9780773566934
DOI
10.1515/9780773566934
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11479580 bytes)
Series
McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies; 16
Pages
240\246
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-09-26 20:25:14

Description

In a display case at the entrance to the Yellowknife courthouse are a collection of fourteen Inuit carvings that represent landmark cases in the legal history of the Northwest Territories. These cases, which came to trial between 1955 and 1970, and the carvings that represent them illuminate a pivotal period of social change when the Inuit camp system was eroding and age-old practices and traditions were being called into question. Dorothy Harley Eber tells the stories behind the carvings and provides fascinating insights into the unique situations that developed as the Inuit came in contact with Canada's justice system.

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