Beyond the Indian Act: restoring Aboriginal property rights

Abstract

Property rights in general -- The panorama of Indian property rights -- A failed experiment : the Dawes Act -- The legal framework of the Indian Act -- Customary land rights on Canadian Indian reserves -- Certificates of possession and leases : the Indian Act individual property regimes -- The First Nations Land Management Act -- Why markets fail on First Nations lands -- Escaping the Indian Act -- Back to the future: restoring First Nations property-rights systems