词条 | Peter W. Hutchins |
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|name=Peter W. Hutchins |image=Senator Charlie Watt and Peter W Hutchins.jpg |caption=Senator Charlie Watt (left) presenting Peter W Hutchins (right) with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal }}Peter W. Hutchins is a lawyer specializing in Canadian Aboriginal law in private practice based in Montréal, Québec at Hutchins Legal Inc. His career of almost forty years has been devoted exclusively to advancing the rights of Aboriginal peoples. He is "one of [Canada's] top litigators in aboriginal cases".[1] As a litigator, Hutchins has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Canada, the courts of Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, the Northwest Territories, as well as the United Nations Human Rights Committee and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.[2] In addition to litigating, he has worked to improve the litigation process, notably by advocating that expert witness be less partisan and more independent.[3] He has been involved in negotiations concerning historic and contemporary treaties between First Nations and the Crown in right of Canada. Hutchins has advised the Federal and Territorial governments on Aboriginal governance and treaty implementation issues. He has lectured and written on the Inuit and arctic sovereignty.[4] Academic careerPeter W. Hutchins received his legal education at Université Laval in Quebec City where he obtained an LL.L and at the London School of Economics, University of London where he received an LL.M in international law.[5] In 1980 he created for the Faculty of Law, McGill University, the course Aboriginal Peoples and the Law, which he continued to teach until 1996.[6] James Bay and Northern Quebec AgreementPeter W. Hutchins acted for the Cree of northern Quebec during the negotiation of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, which upon its conclusion in 1975 became the first modern treaty between the Crown and a Canadian First Nation.[1] Supreme Court of Canada LitigationHutchins has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada in numerous cases relating to Canadian Aboriginal law:
Memberships and AssociationsHutchins has been a member of the Barreau du Quebec since 1970.[17] He is a founding member and past-chair of the Canadian Bar Association National Aboriginal Law Section. He has been a member of the Federal Court Statutory Rules Committee since 2006 and its Sub-Committee on Expert Evidence. He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the Canadian Council on International Law, the American Society of International Law, the International Commission of Jurists and the International Law Association. PublicationsPeter W. Hutchins has authored or co-authored numerous peer reviewed articles:
AwardsIn 2012, Hutchins was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal by Senator Charlie Watt for his career dedicated to advancing the rights of aboriginal people. Hutchins has repeatedly been listed as a leading practitioner in Aboriginal Law by Best Lawyer and as “most frequently recommended” in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.[5] External links
References1. ^1 Mallinder, Lorraine "Aboriginal rights 'vibrant field' these days: Lawyer" {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20130410032413/http://haisla.ca/2009/05/aboriginal-rights-vibrant-field/ |date=2013-04-10 }} The Lawyers Weekly, May 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hutchins, Peter W.}}2. ^Lewandowski, René "Les meilleurs avocats de Montréal...et de Québec" 3. ^Gibb-Clark, Margot "Divergent Opinions: Canada's judges want expert witnesses to be less partisan and more independent. Lawyers are less convinced." National, December 2011 4. ^Michael Rappaport, [https://dl.dropbox.com/u/46707933/CBA%20National%20Magazine%20-%20Northern%20Exposure%20Atricle%20-%20Interview%20with%20Peter%20Hutchins%20-Jan-Feb%202011.pdf "Northern Exposure"] (2011) 20 National:Legal Insights & Practice Trends p. 19 5. ^1 http://www.lexpert.ca/directory/practitioner/hutchins-legal-inc-27567/peter-w-hutchins-2028/ 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.insightinfo.com/index.php/ci_id/51155/la_id/2.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-02-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119055412/http://www.insightinfo.com/index.php/ci_id/51155/la_id/2.htm |archivedate=2013-01-19 |df= }} 7. ^R. v. Sioui, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1025 8. ^Ontario (Attorney General) v. Bear Island Foundation, [1991] 2 S.C.R. 570 9. ^Friends of the Oldman River Society v. Canada (Minister of Transport), [1992] 1 S.C.R. 3 10. ^R. v. Adams, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 101 11. ^R. v. Nikal, [1996] 1 S.C.R. 1013 12. ^Reference re Secession of Quebec, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 217 13. ^Mitchell v. M.N.R., [2001] 1 S.C.R. 911, 2001 SCC 33 14. ^Beckman v. Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation,2010 SCC 53, [2010] 3 S.C.R. 103 15. ^Bastien Estate v. Canada, 2011 SCC 38 16. ^Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. v. Carrier Sekani Tribal Council, 2010 SCC 43, [2010] 2 S.C.R. 650 17. ^http://www.barreau.qc.ca/fr/barreau/bottin/index.html?noInterv=5063084 18. ^{{Cite journal | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=fQk0NeKIBYAC | title = Telling it to the Judge: Taking Native History to Court | isbn = 9780773586482 | author1 = Ray | first1 = Arthur J | date = 2011-10-17}} 19. ^Hutchins, Peter W. "Cede, Release and Surrender: Treaty-Making, the Aboriginal Perspective and the Great Juridical Oxymoron Or Let's Face it - It Didn't Happen" 20. ^Hutchins, Peter W. "Power and Principles: State-Indigenous Relations across Time and Space" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729162907/http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=299172445 |date=2012-07-29 }} 21. ^Hutchins, Peter W. & Choski, Anjali [https://pi.library.yorku.ca/ojs/index.php/sclr/article/view/34972/31748 "From Calder to Mitchell: Should the Courts Patrol Cultural Borders"] 22. ^Hutchins, Peter W., Shulze, David, & Hilling, Carol "When Do Fiduciary Obligations to Aboriginal People Arise?" 23. ^Hutchins, Peter W., Shulze, David, & Hilling, Carol "The Aboriginal Right to Self-Government and the Canadian Constitution: the Ghost in the Machine" 5 : Canadian lawyers|Living people|People from Montreal|McGill University faculty|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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