Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume VII

Carol Wilton

• Paperback | Engels | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History | nr. 7
• This collection of essays, Volume VII in the Osgoode Society's series of Essays in the History of Canadian Law, is the first focused study of a variet... Lees meer

Brian Dickson

Robert Sharpe, Kent Roach

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• When Brian Dickson was appointed in 1973, the Supreme Court of Canada was preoccupied with run-of-the-mill disputes. By the time he retired as Chief J... Lees meer

'Terror to Evil-Doers'

Peter Oliver

• Paperback | Engels | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• This is the history of the foundations of modern carceral institutions in Ontario. Drawing on a wide range of previously unexplored primary material -... Lees meer

Dewigged, Bothered, and Bewildered

John McLaren

• Paperback | Engels | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• Throughout the British colonies in the nineteenth century, judges were expected not only to administer law and justice, but also to play a significant... Lees meer

The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, 1754-2004

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• Prepared to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the establishment of Nova Scotia's Supreme Court, this important new volume provides a comprehensiv... Lees meer

Magistrates, Police, and People

Donald Fyson

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• The role and function of criminal justice in a conquered colony is always problematic, and the case of Quebec is no exception. Many historians have su... Lees meer

Colonial Justice

David Murray

• Hardcover | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• This new study of early Canadian law delves into the court records of the Niagara District, one of the richest sets of records surviving from Upper Ca... Lees meer

Judging Bertha Wilson

Ellen Anderson

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• Madame Justice Bertha Wilson, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, is an enormously influential and controversial figure in Canad... Lees meer

Canadian State Trials, Volume V

• Hardcover | Engels | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• The fifth and final volume of the Canadian State Trials series examines political trials and national security measures during the period of 1939 to 1... Lees meer

Canadian State Trials, Volume II

• Paperback | Engels | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• This second volume of the Canadian State Trials series focuses on the largest state security crisis in 19th century Canada: the rebellions of 1837-183... Lees meer

Wounded Feelings

Eric H Reiter

• Hardcover | Engels | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• Wounded Feelings is the first legal history of emotions in Canada. Through detailed histories of how people litigated emotional injuries like dishonou... Lees meer

Doodem and Council Fire

Heidi Bohaker

• Paperback | Engels | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• Combining socio-legal and ethnohistorical studies, this book presents the history of doodem, or clan identification markings, left by Anishinaabe on t... Lees meer

Casual Slaughters and Accidental Judgments

Patrick Brode

• Paperback | Engels | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• War crimes prosecutions create unique difficulties as civilian standards of law are applied to the extraordinary circumstances of war. Governments are... Lees meer

A History of Law in Canada, Volume One

Philip Girard, Jim Phillips, R Blake Brown

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• A History of Law in Canada is an important three-volume project. Volume One begins at a time just prior to European contact and continues to the 1860s... Lees meer

Law of the Land

Greg Taylor

• Paperback | Engels | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• How was it that the Torrens system, a mid-nineteenth-century reform of land titles registration from distant South Australia, gradually replaced the i... Lees meer

A Legal History of Adoption in Ontario, 1921-2015

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• Lori Chamber's fascinating study explores the legal history of adoption in Ontario since the passage of the first statute in 1921. This volume explore... Lees meer

Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume VIII

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• This volume in the Osgoode Society's distinguished series on the history of Canadian law is a tribute to Professor R.C.B. Risk, one of the pioneers of... Lees meer

Law, Debt, and Merchant Power

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• In the early history of Halifax (1749-1766), debt litigation was extremely common. People from all classes frequently used litigation and its use in p... Lees meer

The Thousandth Man

Barry Cahill

• Paperback | Engels | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• James McGregor Stewart (1889-1955) was perhaps the foremost Canadian corporate lawyer of his day. He was also an appellate counsel, venture capitalist... Lees meer

Borderline Crime

Bradley Miller, The Osgoode Society

• Hardcover | Engels | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• From 1819 to 1914, governments in northern North America struggled to deal with crime and criminals migrating across the Canadian-American border. Lim... Lees meer

Courted and Abandoned

Patrick Brode

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• Patrick Brode examines the history of the 'heartbalm' torts in nineteenth-century Canada - breaches of duty leading to liability for damages for seduc... Lees meer

Canadian State Trials, Volume IV

• Hardcover | Engels | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• The fourth volume in the Canadian State Trials series examines the legal issues surrounding perceived security threats and the repression of dissent f... Lees meer

Honorary Protestants

David Fraser, The Osgoode Society

• Hardcover | Engels | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• When the Constitution Act of 1867 was enacted, section 93 guaranteed certain educational rights to Catholics and Protestants in Quebec, but not to any... Lees meer

A History of Law in Canada, Volume Two

Jim Phillips, Philip Girard, R Blake Brown

• Hardcover | Engels | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• This is the second of three volumes in an important collection that recounts the sweeping history of law in Canada. The period covered in this volume ... Lees meer