Witness to the Human Rights Tribunals : How the System Fails Indigenous Peoples / Bruce Granville Miller.
2023
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Title
Witness to the Human Rights Tribunals : How the System Fails Indigenous Peoples / Bruce Granville Miller.
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Imprint
Vancouver ; Toronto : University of British Columbia Press, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Description
1 online resource (240 p.) : 8 tables
Formatted Contents Note
Front Matter
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Anthropology and Law
My Life in Anthropology and Law
Symbolic Violence, Trauma, and Human Rights
Tinning the Evidence, Discrediting the Expert Witness
Entering Evidence in an Adversarial System
Anthropologists versus Lawyers
The Tribunal
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal
McCue v. University of British Columbia
Menzies v. Vancouver Police Department
Conclusion
Case Law and Legal Materials
References
Index
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Anthropology and Law
My Life in Anthropology and Law
Symbolic Violence, Trauma, and Human Rights
Tinning the Evidence, Discrediting the Expert Witness
Entering Evidence in an Adversarial System
Anthropologists versus Lawyers
The Tribunal
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal
McCue v. University of British Columbia
Menzies v. Vancouver Police Department
Conclusion
Case Law and Legal Materials
References
Index
Summary
On the twelfth floor of an undistinguished-looking high-rise in a Canadian city, a tribunal adjudicates the human rights of Indigenous individuals. Why isn't the process working? First establishing the context with an in-depth look at the role of anthropological expertise in the courts, Witness to the Human Rights Tribunals then draws on testimony, ethnographic data, and years of tribunal decisions to show how specific cases are fought. Bruce Miller's candid analysis reveals the double-edged nature of the tribunal itself, which re-engages with the trauma and violence of discrimination that suffuses social and legal systems while it attempts to protect human rights. Should the human rights tribunal system be replaced, or paired with an Indigenous-centred system? How can anthropologists promote understanding of the pervasive discrimination that Indigenous people face? This important book convincingly concludes that any reform must consider the problem of symbolic trauma before Indigenous claimants can receive appropriate justice.
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In English.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Title is part of eBook package: University of British Columbia Complete eBook-Package 2023 De Gruyter
Title is part of eBook package: ACUP w/o University of Toronto Press 2023 eBook Package De Gruyter
Title is part of eBook package: University of British Columbia Complete eBook-Package 2023 De Gruyter
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DeGruyter online
Language
English
ISBN
9780774867771
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