Jack Woodward

Jack has been practicing law since 1979. He works primarily in the realm of aboriginal, human rights and environmental law. He is the author of Native Law, (Thomson-Carswell, 1989), one of Canada's leading texts on the subject of aboriginal law. The University of Victoria Faculty of Law's first credit course in native law was developed by Jack, and he was an Instructor and Adjunct Professor of Law for sixteen years. He has been counsel at all levels of court for over a hundred Indian bands and organizations in a wide variety of cases.


Texts
Woodward, Jack ed. Consolidated Native Law Statutes, Regulations and Treaties. Annual. (Toronto: Carswell, 1994-2007).

Woodward, Jack. Native Law. Loose-leaf. (Calgary: Carswell, 1994).

Selected Articles, Papers and Presentations
Woodward, Jack."Are you on the List? First Nations Fiscal And Statistical Management Act."

Woodward, Jack. "Converting the Communal Aboriginal interest into Private Property: Sarnia, Osoyoos, the Nisga'a Treaty and other Recent Developments." In Beyond the Nass Valley: National Implications of the Supreme Court's Delgamuukw Decision, Owen Lippert, ed. (Vancouver: Fraser Institute, 2000).

Woodward, Jack. "Why the 'Interest-based' Model is not Suitable for Negotiations About Aboriginal Rights." SpruceRoots Magazine, September 1998.





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