Fishing for a New Constitutional Order:The Magna Carta established a public right to fishing. Is that a good or bad thing for Ladner? Why?

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 Fishing for a New Constitutional Order

Annotation Exercise

  1. Number the first eight paragraphs. A paragraph starts with an indentation. Please don’t count the passages that she cites (paragraphs that are inset from the main text) as new paragraphs. The following questions refer to the numbered paragraphs.
  2. What is the key concept in the first paragraph?
  3. What is the main debate examined in this paper?
  4. Are these disputes about rights or sovereignty (according to Ladner)?
  5. Why is it important to distinguish between ownership of fish and the right to regulate fish?
  6. What is the Mi’kmaq view of the dispute?
  7. Fishing is the means. What is the end?
  8. What is the geographical anchor of the Canadian constitution? Why does she make this point?
  9. The Magna Carta established a public right to fishing. Is that a good or bad thing for Ladner? Why?
  10. Turn to page 936. The Mi’Khaw Constitutional Order. Paraphrase the main idea of the first paragraph in this section.
  11. What is one thing you learned about the Mi’Khaw worldview and constitutional order?