Research Catalog

Title

Drawing out law : a spirit's guide / John Borrows (Kegedonce)

Author

Borrows, John, 1963-

Publication

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2010.

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Description

xiv, 259 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

The Anishinabek Nation's legal traditions are deeply embedded in many aspects of customary life. In Drawing Out Law, John Borrows (Kegedonce) skillfully juxtaposes Canadian legal policy and practice with the more broadly defined Anishinabek perception of law as it applies to community life, nature, and individuals.This innovative work combines fictional and non-fictional elements in a series of connected short stories that symbolize different ways of Anishinabek engagement with the world. Drawing on oral traditions, pictographic scrolls, dreams, common law case analysis, and philosophical reflection, Borrows' narrative explores issues of pressing importance to the future of indigenous law and offers readers new ways to think about the direction of Canadian law.Shedding light on Canadian law and policy as they relate to Indigenous peoples, Drawing Out Law illustrates past and present moral agency of Indigenous peoples and their approaches to the law and calls for the renewal of ancient Ojibway teaching in contemporary circumstances.This is a major work by one of Canada's leading legal scholars, and an essential companion to Canada's Indigenous Constitution.

Subject

• Borrows, John, 1963-
• Indians of North America > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada
• Ojibwa law
• Oral tradition
• Native peoples > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada
• Droit ojibwa
• Autochtones > Droit > Canada
• Rêves
• Tradition orale
• Dreams

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-253) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part One: Minokmi Issues: The first hill -- Scroll one: Daebaujimoot -- Scroll two: W'aud-issookae -- Scroll three: Pauwauaein -- Scroll four: Daeb-awaewin -- Part Two: Neebin Individuals: the Second Hill -- Scroll five: Pauguk -- Scroll six: Aud waudjimoowin -- Scroll seven: Animikeek & Mishi-Bizheu -- Scroll eight: W'pishebaubee-aushih -- Part Three: Tikwaukik institutions: the third hill -- Scroll nine: Augoonaet-waendumoowin -- Scroll ten: Ashawa-munissoowin -- Scroll eleven: Maemaegawahsessiwuk -- Scroll twelve: Iskugaewin.

ISBN

• 9781442640689 (bound)
• 1442640685 (bound)
• 9781442610095 (pbk.)
• 1442610093 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2010459024

OCLC

• 466659656
• SCSB-9903696

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library