Umfang:
xiv, 226 Seiten
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24 cm
ISBN:
9780774867757
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9780774867764
Inhalt:
"What happens behind the scenes at a Canadian human rights tribunal? And why aren't human rights tribunal processes working for Indigenous people? This book opens the doors to the tribunal, revealing the interactions of lawyers, tribunal members, expert witnesses, and Indigenous litigants. Bruce Miller examines the role of anthropological expertise in the courts, and draws on testimony, ethnographic data, and years of tribunal decisions to show how specific cases are fought and how expert testimony about racialization and discrimination is disregarded. His 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. This book asks hard questions: Should human rights tribunals be replaced, or paired with an Indigenous-centred system in Canada? How can anthropologists support an understanding of the pervasive discrimination that Indigenous people face? It concludes that any reform must consider the problem of symbolic trauma before Indigenous claimants can receive appropriate justice."--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes a table of cases
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Foreword / Sharon Venne-Manyfingers -- Part 1: Anthropology and law -- My life in anthropology and law -- Symbolic violence, trauma, and human rights -- Thinning the evidence, discrediting the expert witness -- Entering evidence in an adversarial system -- Anthropologists versus lawyers -- Part 2: The Tribunal -- The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal -- McCue v. University of British Columbia -- Menzies v. Vancouver Police Department
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, PDF Miller, Bruce Granville, 1951- Witness to the human rights tribunals Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, 2023 ISBN 978-0-7748-6777-1
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, EPUB Miller, Bruce Granville, 1951- Witness to the human rights tribunals Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, 2023 ISBN 978-0-7748-6778-8
Sprache:
Englisch
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