CONTENTS

PREFACE

1: DOCTRINE AND THEORY

1.1 The Supreme Court Trilogy

1.2 Understanding the Duty to Consult

1.3 Theoretical Approaches to the Duty to Consult

2: LEGAL PARAMETERS OF THE DUTY TO CONSULT

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Triggering the Duty to Consult

2.2(a) Knowledge of the Aboriginal Title, Right, or Treaty Right

2.2(b) Adverse Effect Element of the Triggering Test

2.2(c) Contemplated Government Conduct

2.2(d) Summary on Triggering Test

2.3 Consultation Partners

2.4 Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Intervention on the Duty to Consult

2.5 Conclusion

3: THE DOCTRINAL SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE DUTY TO CONSULT

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Content of the Duty to Consult

3.2(a) Introducing the Spectrum of Requirements on the Duty to Consult

3.2(b) Specific Factors within the Consultation Requirements

3.2(c) The Consultation Spectrum Table: Matrix on Consultation Intensity

3.2(d) An Example: The Keystone Pipeline Case

3.3 The Duty to Accommodate

3.4 The Duty to Consult and Economic Accommodation

3.5 Legally Acceptable Consultation and Good Consultation

4: THE LAW IN ACTION OF THE DUTY TO CONSULT

4.1 Introduction: The Concept of the Law in Action

4.2 Development of Governmental Consultation Policies

4.3 Aboriginal Communities’ Consultation Policies

4.4 Development of Corporate Consultation Policies

4.5 Policies, Practices, and the Formation of “Law”

4.6 Conclusion

5: INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES FOR THE FUTURE

5.1 Introduction

5.2 International Law and the Duty to Consult

5.3 Comparative Law: Australia’s Experience with the “Right to Negotiate”

5.4 Conclusion

6: UNDERSTANDING THE DUTY TO CONSULT

NOTES

INDEX