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100 Can. B. Rev. 1 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/canbarev100 and id is 1 raw text is: Vol. 100 2022 No. 1 RECOGNIZING INDIGENOUS LAW: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK Sbbastien Grammond* Current efforts towards the revitalization of Indigenous law are likely to translate into greater demands for recognition by the Canadian legal system. This paper aims to provide a conceptual framework for the analysis of such claims. It first clarifies the concept of Indigenous law and highlights certain challenges raised by the interaction of Indigenous and Canadian law. It then distinguishes the Canadian legal system's delegation of law-making authority to Indigenous bodies from its recognition of Indigenous peoples' pre-existing, or inherent, law-making powers. For each model, four aspects of the interface between legal systems are analyzed: which Canadian legal actor takes the initiative of establishing a relationship with Indigenous law? How is Indigenous law expressed so as to be intelligible for non-Indigenous jurists? To whom, and to what territory is Indigenous law applicable? And what constraints does the relationship impose on the contents of Indigenous law? Lastly, the paper describes how Canadian courts judicially review decisions made by Indigenous decision-makers regarding Indigenous law. En raison des efforts actuels de redynamisation du droit autochtone, le systeme juridique canadien sera probablement de plus en plus confronte a des demandes de reconnaissance. Le present article vise a proposer un cadre conceptuel pour l'analyse de telles revendications. Il clarifie d'abord le concept de droit autochtone et identifie certains problemes poses par l'interaction entre le droit autochtone et le droit canadien. Il itablit ensuite une distinction entre la delegation de pouvoirs legislatifs du systeme Justice of the Federal Court. An earlier version of this article was presented at the Indigenous Law Seminar held by the National Judicial Institute, March 3-5, 2021. A French version will be published in the Revue generale de droit, vol 52 no 1 (2022). THE CANADIAN BAR REVIEW LA REVUE DU BARREAU CANADIEN

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