(2005) JLP 51: 79-109

 

BLENDING JUSTICE:

INTERLEGALITY AND THE INCORPORATION OF ABORIGINAL

JUSTICE INTO THE FORMAL CANADIAN JUSTICE SYSTEM

 

Craig Proulx

 

Abstract

 

Using concepts of interlegality, incorporation and cultural production and appropriation, this paper illustrates how the legal/justice philosophies and practices of the formal Canadian justice system are being penetrated by Aboriginal philosophies and practices. Rather than focusing on how dominant non-Aboriginal philosophies and practices are taken up by subaltern Aboriginal peoples, this paper examines three ‘new’ Aboriginal justice initiatives to show how interlegality can be understood to operate ‘in reverse'.