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Consent has long been used to establish the legitimacy of society. But when one asks – who consented? how? to what type of community? – consent becomes very elusive, more myth than reality. This is particularly true when focusing on the relationship between indigenous and nonindigenous peoples. In Between Consenting Peoples, leading scholars in legal and political theory look at the various meanings that have been attached to consent as the foundation for political community and law, especially in indigenous contexts. From historical examples to political and legal theory, the authors examine the language of consent and how consent has ordered indigenous societies and shaped their relationships with governments. They also explore the kind of consent – the kind of attachment – that might ground political community and establish a fair relationship between indigenous and nonindigenous peoples. In doing so, they draw perspectives from indigenous relations into the heart of political theory.

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This book weaves together themes of political and legal philosophy and indigenous studies that are not often considered together ... By doing so, it successfully contributes to an ongoing and widening debate about the foundations of the state in postcolonial settings. - Mark Walters, Faculty of Law, Queen's University

This book weaves together themes of political and legal philosophy and indigenous studies that are not often considered together ... By doing so, it successfully contributes to an ongoing and widening debate about the foundations of the state in postcolonial settings.<br> - Mark Walters, Faculty of Law, Queen's University

This book weaves together themes of political and legal philosophy and indigenous studies that are not often considered together ... By doing so, it successfully contributes to an ongoing and widening debate about the foundations of the state in postcolonial settings. - Mark Walters, Faculty of Law, Queen's University

This book weaves together themes of political and legal philosophy and indigenous studies that are not often considered together ... By doing so, it successfully contributes to an ongoing and widening debate about the foundations of the state in postcolonial settings. - Mark Walters, Faculty of Law, Queen's University

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Jeremy Webber holds the Canada Research Chair in Law and Society at the University of Victoria and is a Trudeau Fellow. Colin M. Macleod is an associate professor of law and philosophy at the University of Victoria. Contributors: Andrée Boisselle, David Dyzenhaus, Duncan Ivison, Margaret Moore, Val Napoleon, Janna Promislow, Tim Rowse, James Tully

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