The path to Tsilhqot´in. The recognition of Aboriginal titles in Canada and lessons from the Tsilhqot´in Nation vs. British Columbia for Brazilian Law

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  • Voltaire de Freitas Michel Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis

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https://doi.org/10.15175/1984-2503-20157206

Abstract

A recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada in June 2014 on the Tsilhqot’in Nation v British Columbia marks a development in Canadian Aboriginal rights as it defines the occupational pattern worthy of legal protection. In short, the ruling highlighted that indigenous land rights protected by law should not be assessed according to the same parameters employed in non-indigenous law. The article outlines the way in which the recognition of indigenous titles has evolved in Canadian law and traces a parallel with the characteristics of the recognition of indigenous territories in Brazilian law, suggesting similarities between the Canadian and Brazilian legal systems, particularly in light of the decision taken by the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court in the Raposa/Serra do Sol case (Petition no. 3388/State of Roraima).

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Author Biography

Voltaire de Freitas Michel, Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis

É graduado em Ciências Jurídicas e Sociais pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1997). É Mestre (2003) e Doutor (2007) em Direito pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Durante o Doutorado, com apoio da CAPES, fez estágio no exterior na University of New South Wales, Sydney, Austrália. Tem experiência na área da Teoria do Direito, com ênfase na Teoria da Justiça. Foi Pesquisador Visitante na Osgoode Hall Law School, vinculada à York University, em Toronto/Canadá (2009), onde conduziu pesquisa a respeito do reconhecimento de terras nativas no Canadá, Austrália e Brasil. Atualmente, é professor de FIlosofia Geral e Jurídica e Direito das Coisas no Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis, em Porto Alegre, e é responsável pela Coordenação Setorial de Pesquisa no curso de Direito do campus de Porto Alegre, do Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis.

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Published

2015-05-31

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Michel, V. de F. (2015). The path to Tsilhqot´in. The recognition of Aboriginal titles in Canada and lessons from the Tsilhqot´in Nation vs. British Columbia for Brazilian Law. Passages: International Review of Political History and Legal Culture, 7(2), 321-377. https://doi.org/10.15175/1984-2503-20157206

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Vol. 7 - No. 2 - Maio a Agosto (2015)

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