Truth and Conviction: Donald Marshall Jr. and the Mi’kmaw Quest for Justice 1971-1980 Randy Duncan

Randy Duncan

first reprinted in 1978

Borrows' narrative explores issues of pressing importance to the future of indigenous law and offers readers new ways to think about the direction of Canadian law

Kim Rogers

second edition

Truth and Conviction: Donald Marshall Jr. and the Mi’kmaw Quest for Justice 1971-1980 Randy DuncanThe name Donald Marshall Jr. is synonymous with wrongful conviction and the fight for Indigenous rights in Canada. In Truth and Conviction, Jane McMillan Marshalls former partner, an acclaimed anthropologist, and an original defendant in the Supreme Courts Marshall decision on Indigenous fishing rights tells the story of how Marshalls fight against injustice permeated Canadian legal consciousness and revitalized Indigenous law. Marshall was destined