Canadian Justice, Indigenous Injustice
McGill-Queen’s University Press | |
Publication date | 2019 |
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| Pages | 307 |
Canadian Justice, Indigenous Injustice: The Gerald Stanley and Colten Boushie Case is a 2019 nonfiction book by
Kent Roach
University of Toronto law professor, Kent Roach, who is the author of public policy books—The Supreme Court on Trial and Due Process and Victims' Rights which were on the short list for the Donner Prize,[2] wrote Canadian Justice, Indigenous Injustice in 2019.[3]
Reviews
A review in the Canadian Journal of Law and Society described the book as an "excellent scholarly book" and an "important historical document".[1]
A Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR) review of the 2022 paperback edition of the book, which included a new preface by Roach, said the book was a "valuable investigation" of how indigenous people experience the Canadian justice system.[4][5]
Roach focused on the "historical, political, social, and legal" aspects of the case, according to a
A 2021 review in the
A CBC News' article cited the book, saying that the trial jurors did not receive enough instructions on how to handle a hang fire defence.[8]
The Boushie family raised concerns that Roach had written the book without consulting them.[9]
See also
References
- ^ ISSN 0829-3201. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ Knight, F. Tim. "Canadian Justice, Indigenous Injustice (Publisher's description)". McGill-Queen’s University Press. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ Roach, Kent (2019). Canadian Justice, Indigenous Injustice: The Gerald Stanley and Colten Boushie Case (1 ed.). Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press. p. 307.
- ^ Knight, F. Tim (24 August 2023). "Book Review: Canadian Justice, Indigenous Injustice: The Gerald Stanley and Colten Boushie Case". Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR). Canadian Association of Law Libraries. Retrieved 25 December 2023 – via Slaw.
- ISBN 9780228012122.
- Quill and Quire. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ISSN 1757-8078. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ Laskowski, Chelsea (21 January 2019). "New book says jurors at Gerald Stanley trial weren't equipped to tackle hangfire defence". CBC News. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ Piapot, Ntawnis (21 February 2019). "Book about Gerald Stanley case upsets Colten Boushie's family due to lack of consultation CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 25 December 2023.