Nova Scotia: Colonial Traditions, Co-optations, And Mi'kmaq Legal Consciousness

Nova Scotia: Colonial Traditions, Co-optations, And Mi'kmaq Legal Consciousness L. Jane McMillan, 2011   In 1996 a provincial court was established at Eskasoni Mi'kmaq Community in Nova Scotia, Canada, in response to overwhelming evidence confirming the failures of the Canadian legal system to provide justice for Indigenous peoples, and as a specific recommendation of the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution. Marshall, a Mi'kmaq wrongfully convicted of murder, served...

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