Revisiting the Duty to Consult Aboriginal Peoples

A look at ongoing change in a fundamentally important legal doctrine that affects Aboriginal communities, resource industries, and ultimately all Canadians.

The duty to consult has a fundamental importance for all Canadians, yet misunderstandings of the doctrine remain widespread; this book addresses those misconceptions.

Dwight Newman is Professor of Law and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Rights in Constitutional and International Law at the University of Saskatchewan, where he also served a three-year term as Associate Dean of Law. He has previously held visiting positions at McGill and at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He completed his law degree at the University of Saskatchewan, following which he served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Lamer and Justice LeBel at the Supreme Court of Canada. He completed his doctorate at Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar and as a SSHRC Doctoral Fellow. He has written numerous articles on Aboriginal law, constitutional law, and international law. He is co-author of Understanding Property: A Guide to Canada’s Property Law, 2nd ed. and The Law of the Canadian Constitution. He is also the author of Community and Collective Rights: A Theoretical Framework for Rights Held by Groups and Natural Resource Jurisdiction in Canada.