Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights 9780773581838

Table of contents :
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART ONE: PEOPLES AND PROPERTY
1 Property Rights in General
2 The Panorama of Indian Property Rights
3 A Failed Experiment: The Dawes Act
PART TWO: LIMITED PROPERTY RIGHTS UNDER THE INDIAN ACT
4 The Legal Framework of the Indian Act
5 Customary Land Rights on Canadian Indian Reserves
6 Certificates of Possession and Leases: The Indian Act Individual Property Regimes
7 The First Nations Land Management Act: An Alternative to the Indian Act
PART THREE: BEYOND THE INDIAN ACT
8 Why Markets Fail on First Nations Lands
9 Escaping the Indian Act
10 Back to the Future: Restoring First Nations Property-Rights Systems
Appendix: Announcement of the Nisga’a Landholding Transition Act
Notes
Index
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