Coast Salish Legal Traditions and the Canadian State with Sarah Morales
3 videos • 713 views • by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada LRWC Sarah Morales explains Coast Salish legal traditions—snuw'uyulh—and the displacement of those laws during and after the colonial period. She examines the concept of legal pluralism and the potential for such a system today in Canada. Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, Amnesty International Canada and the Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group host the First Nations' Rights: The Gap between Law and Practice speaker series, in cooperation with the Vancouver Public Library and other partners. This ongoing series of free presentations by celebrated speakers was started in 2012 to provide the public with education about the rights of Indigenous peoples under domestic and international law and to highlight persistent problems with the enforcement of those protected rights. Learn more and download the accompanying Power Point presentation at http://www.lrwc.org/audio-video/first...