Professor Michael Ilg’s article on “Culture and Competitive Resource Regulation: A Liberal Economic Alternative to Sui Generis Aboriginal Rights” has just been published in (2012) 62(3) University of Toronto Law Journal 403-438. Michael argues that the sui generis basis for Aboriginal rights has limited tangible improvements to Aboriginal quality of life, and commentators have also pointed to a number of difficulties with the justifications offered for sui generis rights. He proposes a theory of regulatory diversity that promises greater Aboriginal self-determination over regional resources and is both more conducive to development and justifiable on liberal grounds.
University of Calgary
Faculty of Law
