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Author:   Robin F Hansen
Publisher:   University of Regina Press
Imprint:   University of Regina Press
ISBN:  

9781779400079

ISBN 10:   1779400071
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 November 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Adult education ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

List of Tables Introduction PART I. OBSERVATIONS 1. Sentencing the Newborn 2. Automatic Separation in Canada PART II. THEORY 3. A Systems View of the Legal System 4. The Colonial Lens: Seeing the “Savage” and the “Dying” 5. Case Study: The Stanley Acquittal PART III. ANALYSIS: SPATIAL DEFINITIONS IN COLONIAL IDEOLOGY 6. The Instrumentalized Stereotype of the Unfit Indigenous Mother 7. Courts as the Gateway to Indigenous Over-Incarceration 8. Prison Wastelands and the Removal of Children PART IV. ANALYSIS: OTHER ASPECTS OF THE SYSTEM 9. Law through the Androcentric Lens 10. Factors that Buffer the Legal System from Change PART V. SOLUTIONS 11. The Illegality of Shackling a Pregnant Person in Labour 12. How the Law Protects a Newborn from Automatic Separation from Their Mother 195 Conclusion Acknowledgements Appendix A. Canadian Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers of Justice (2023) Bibliography Notes Index

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“A penetrating critique of judicial insensitivity towards the concerns surrounding Indigenous incarceration.” —David Milward, author of Aboriginal Justice and the Charter

Author Information

Robin F. Hansen teaches law at the University of Saskatchewan. Her work has been published in journals, including the Modern Law Review, Global Jurist, and the Journal of Legal Education. She lives in Saskatoon.

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