{"product_id":"oral-history-on-trial-recognizing-aboriginal-narratives-in-the-courts-paperback-softback-9780774820714","title":"Oral History on Trial; Recognizing Aboriginal Narratives in the Courts (Paperback \/ softback) 9780774820714","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOral History on Trial\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRecognizing Aboriginal Narratives in the Courts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBruce Granville Miller (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774820714\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e212 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.32 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOral History on Trial\u003c\/em\u003e is a long overdue and important book with huge potential to shift the debates concerning the role of Indigenous oral histories and their narrators in the Canadian courts and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e - Wendy Wickwire, The Johns Hopkins University Press (Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, Vol. 14 No. 3)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn many western countries, judicial decisions are based on \"black letter law\" – text-based, well-established law. Within this tradition, testimony based on what witnesses have heard from others, known as hearsay, cannot be considered as legitimate evidence. This interdiction, however, presents significant difficulties for Aboriginal plaintiffs who rely on oral rather than written accounts for knowledge transmission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis important book breaks new ground by asking how oral histories might be incorporated into the existing court system. Through compelling analysis of Aboriginal, legal, and anthropological concepts of fact and evidence, \u003cem\u003eOral History on Trial\u003c\/em\u003e traces the long trajectory of oral history from community to court, and offers a sophisticated critique of the Crown's use of Aboriginal materials in key cases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA bold intervention in legal and anthropological scholarship, this book is a timely consideration of an urgent issue facing Indigenous communities worldwide and the courts hearing their cases.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Issues in Law and Social Science\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 The Social Life of Oral Narratives\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Aboriginal and Other Perspectives\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Court and Crown\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 The Way Forward? An Anthropological View\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Conclusions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670764646680,"sku":"9780774820714","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/oral-history-on-trial-recognizing-aboriginal-narratives-in-the-courts-paperback-softback-9780774820714","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}