2:07 BC gov’t to seek stay in the Cowichan land title decision A landmark court ruling in British Columbia regarding Aboriginal land title over urban lands has ignited fierce debate and uncertainty ...

The Chhattisgarh high court has ruled that a daughter cannot claim a share in her deceased father’s property if he passed away before the enforcement of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. The court said ...

City of Richmond sends letter to residents warning that their property may not belong to them You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. The City of ...

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It is over a month since International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples was observed on August 9, but it is still not late to ponder over the rights of India’s indigenous population. The ...

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Thank you, Eugene! This week, I'm blogging about a scholarly project long in the works. Earlier this summer, I published a book, Natural Property Rights, with Cambridge University Press. If readers ...

It would be hard to overstate the significance of the recent decision of the British Columbia Supreme Court in the case of Cowichan Tribes vs. Canada. Nevertheless a good many people have done their ...

There have been many landmark land-claims decisions in Canada that have originated from challenges by First Nations in B.C. This is not surprising given that B.C. – unlike the rest of the country – ...

Native rights are constitutionally guaranteed; property rights are not. When courts recognize Aboriginal title, it's easy to see who will win You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

Empty containers stacked at a container storage facility in South Richmond, February 2022. The facility is among several waterfront industrial sites that appear to overlap with a land claim awarded to ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 17, 2025) upheld the right of the legal heirs of a Scheduled Tribe woman to an equal share in their maternal grandfather’s ancestral property. “There appears to be ...