Table of Contents

1 The Calder Decision, Aboriginal Title, Treaties, and the Nisga’a / Christina Godlewska and Jeremy Webber

Part 1: Reflections of the Calder Participants

2 Frank Calder and Thomas Berger: A Conversation

3 Reminiscences of Aboriginal Rights at the Time of the Calder Case and Its Aftermath / Honourable Gérard V. La Forest

Part 2: Historical Background

4 We Are Not O’Meara’s Children: Law, Lawyers, and the First Campaign for Aboriginal Title in British Columbia, 1908–28 / Hamar Foster

5 Then Fight For It: William Lewis Paul and Alaska Native Land Claims / Stephen Haycox

Part 3: Calder and Its Implications

6 Calder and the Representation of Indigenous Society in Canadian Jurisprudence / Michael Asch

7 A Taxonomy of Aboriginal Rights / Brian Slattery

8 Judicial Approaches to Self-Government since Calder: Searching for Doctrinal Coherence / Kent McNeil

Part 4: International Impact

9 Customary Rights and Crown Claims: Calder and Aboriginal Title in Aotearoa New Zealand / David V. Williams

10 The Influence of Canadian and International Law on the Evolution of Australian Aboriginal Title / Garth Nettheim

Part 5: The Future

11 Let Obligations Be Done / John Borrows

12 Closing Thoughts: Final Remarks from Iona Campagnolo, Lance Finch, Joseph Gosnell, and Frank Calder

Appendices

Notes; Bibliography; Index

About the Author

Hamar Foster is Professor of Law at the University of Victoria. Heather Raven is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Victoria. Jeremy Webber holds the Canada Research Chair in Law and Society at the University of Victoria and is a Trudeau Fellow.

Contributors: Michael Asch, John Borrows, Hamar Foster, Christina Godlewska, Stephen Haycox, Honourable Gérard V. La Forest, Kent McNeil, Garth Nettheim, Brian Slattery, Jeremy Webber, David V. Williams