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July 29, 2022
Doctrine of Discovery is a ‘legal fiction,’ but revoking it won’t herald immediate changes, experts say
APTN: The principle is entrenched in Canadian and U.S. law and may be a challenge to dismantle. Pope Francis and his entourage of Vatican officials on their week-long Canadian pilgrimage have faced mounting pressure to renounce, repudiate and revoke something scholars increasingly describe as a legal fiction rooted in imperial ideology: the Doctrine of Discovery....
July 29, 2022
Doctrine of Discovery is a ‘legal fiction,’ but revoking it won’t herald immediate changes, experts say
APTN: The principle is entrenched in Canadian and U.S. law and may be a challenge to dismantle. Chelsea Brunelle, left, her mother Kim and Sarain Fox hold up a banner calling on the Pope to rescind the Doctrine of Discovery outside the cathedral in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Que. Photo: Emelia Fournier/APTN. Pope Francis and his entourage of...
July 29, 2022
Doctrine of Discovery is a ‘legal fiction,’ but revoking it won’t herald immediate changes, experts say
APTN: The principle is entrenched in Canadian and U.S. law and may be a challenge to dismantle. Chelsea Brunelle, left, her mother Kim and Sarain Fox hold up a banner calling on the Pope to rescind the Doctrine of Discovery outside the cathedral in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Que. Photo: Emelia Fournier/APTN. Pope Francis and his entourage of Vatican...