‘Politics by other means’: The role of commissions of inquiry in establishing the ‘truth’ about ‘aboriginal justice’ in Canada

Crime, Truth and Justice: Official Inquiry, Discourse, Knowledge

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 138-160

  Stenning, Philip ^a   LaPrairie, Carol ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b British Columbia Regional Office of Justice   (Canada)

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EID: 84925745515     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781843924388     Document Type: Chapter

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