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Multimedia ResourcesHaving trouble viewing this video? You can download it by right clicking this link and choosing 'Save Target As' or check out our help page for assistance. To view the video in full screen mode, right click the player and select Zoom - Full Screen. Giants and Little People: Indigenous Law in ContextAbout this videoProfessor Borrows' lecture focuses on the interpretation and application of Indigenous law in a community context. Using ancient Ojibway stories and contemporary texts, this talk will explore the contemporary cultural expression of Anishinabek legal principles and their relevance for and relationship to other legal systems in North America. This lecture is part of a continuing series of distinguished speakers and experts hosted by The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy (IPLP) Program. Details on the many public lectures and events sponsored by the IPLP Program each academic year are available at www.law.arizona.edu/depts/iplp. To view this video, you need to have Windows Media Player installed. You can download this for free here. This video is part of a seriesThis video is part of the IPLP Vine Deloria, Jr. Lecture Series series. About John BorrowsProfessor John Borrows is Anishinabe and a member of the Chippewa of the Nawash First Nation. Since 2001, he has served as Professor and Law Foundation Chair of Aboriginal Justice and Governance at the University of Victoria School of Law. His previous posts include: Director of the First Nations Law Program at the University of British Columbia; Director of the Intensive Program in Lands, Resources and First Nations Governments at Osgoode Hall Law School; and Executive Director of the Indian Legal Program at Arizona State University. Professor Borrows is widely regarded as Canada's leading Indigenous law scholar. He is the recipient of an Aboriginal Achievement Award in Law and Justice, a Fellow of the Trudeau Foundation, and a Fellow of the Academy of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada. His research interests lie in Aboriginal law, constitutional law, and natural resources/environmental law, and his publications include Aboriginal Legal Issues: Cases, Materials and Commentary (Butterworths, 1998) and Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law (University of Toronto Press, 2002). Comments:Comments:There are currently no comments on this item. |
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