Aboriginal child welfare, self-government and the rights of indigenous children
Subtitle: protecting the vulnerable under international law
By: by Sonia Harris-Short
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781409419549; 9781409419556
Subjects: Indigenous children; Legal status, laws
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The colonization of Aboriginal children and families; title: Reforming the Australian and Canadian child welfare systems : sensitization and accommodation; title: The promise and risks of Aboriginal self-government over Aboriginal child welfare; title: The right to self-government and protecting the vulnerable : balancing rights under Canadian constitutional law; title: Indigenous peoples, self-determination and self-government in international law; title: Protecting the vulnerable within the framework of self-determination.