Prof. Brian Slattery

Brian Slattery, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, is a legal scholar who rejected the conventional, Eurocentric doctrine that recognized the reception of English and French law into Canada, but made no room for Aboriginal rights. He has proposed a novel theory of Aboriginal rights and their relationship to federal and provincial laws, which has now been accepted by courts as well as by scholars. The work has transformed the way in which scholars think about the foundations of the legal system, and placed Aboriginal rights on a secure legal footing.