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Oral History on Trial: Recognizing Aboriginal Narratives in the Courts

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Description for Oral History on Trial: Recognizing Aboriginal Narratives in the Courts Paperback. This compelling analysis of Aboriginal, legal, and anthropological concepts of fact and evidence argues for the inclusion of Aboriginal oral histories in Canadian courts, and pushes for a reconsideration of the Crown's approach to oral history. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.

In many western countries, judicial decisions are based on “black letter law” – text-based, well-established law. Within this tradition, testimony based on what witnesses have heard from others, known as hearsay, cannot be considered as legitimate evidence. This interdiction, however, presents significant difficulties for Aboriginal plaintiffs who rely on oral rather than written accounts for knowledge transmission.

This important book breaks new ground by asking how oral histories might be incorporated into the existing court system. Through compelling analysis of Aboriginal, legal, and anthropological concepts of fact and evidence, Oral History on Trial traces the long trajectory of oral history from ... Read more

A bold intervention in legal and anthropological scholarship, this book is a timely consideration of an urgent issue facing Indigenous communities worldwide and the courts hearing their cases.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774820714
SKU
V9780774820714
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Bruce Granville Miller
Bruce Granville Miller is a professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia.

Reviews for Oral History on Trial: Recognizing Aboriginal Narratives in the Courts
Oral History on Trial is a long overdue and important book with huge potential to shift the debates concerning the role of Indigenous oral histories and their narrators in the Canadian courts and beyond.
Wendy Wickwire, The Johns Hopkins University Press
Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, Vol. 14 No. 3

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