Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables and Figures ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Paradigms and the British Empire
7. Anomalies 15
8. Conceptual Structures 26
9. Colonial and Postcolonial Legality 43
10. Case Study: Indigenous Rights and Decolonization at the Supreme Court of Canada
11. Methodology 101
12. Internal Architecture of the Court’s Reasoning 110
13. Trends and Dance Tunes 193
14. Can the Court Become Postcolonial? 226
15. Appendices
16. Chronological List of Cases Studied 237
17. Judicial Careers 240
18. Judicial Reasoning Profiles 244
19. Assessment of Reasoning 247
20. Use of the Canadian Judicial Institution 268
21. Notes* 271
22. Selected Bibliography 313
23. General Index 317
24. Index of Cases 333
25. Index of Legislation, Treaties, and Accords 336
26. Law and Society 339