A History of Canadian Legal Thought: Collected Essays Contributor(s): Risk, R. C. B. (Author), Baker, George Blain (Editor), Phillips, Jim (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0802094244 ISBN-13: 9780802094247 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $100.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2006 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Legal History - History | Canada - General - Law | Essays |
Dewey: 340.109 |
Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 1.32" H x 6.38" W x 9.24" (1.77 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This volume in the Osgoode Society's distinguished series on the history of Canadian law is a collection of the principal essays of Professor Emeritus R.C.B. Risk, one of the pioneers of Canadian legal history and for many years regarded as its foremost authority on the history of Canadian legal thought. Frank Scott, Bora Laskin, W.P.M. Kennedy, John Willis and Edward Blake are among the better known figures whose thinking and writing about law are featured in this collection. But this compilation of the most important essays by a pioneer in Canadian legal history brings to light many other lesser known figures as well, whose writings covered a wide range of topics, from estoppel to the British North America Act to the purpose of legal education. Written over more than two decades, and covering the immediate post-Confederation period to the 1960s, these essays reveal a distinctive Canadian tradition of thinking about the nature and functions of law, one which Risk clearly takes pride in and urges us to celebrate. |
Contributor Bio(s): Phillips, Jim: - Jim Phillips is a professor in the faculty of law at the University of Toronto. Risk, R. C. B.: - R.C.B. Risk is a professor emeritus in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. Phillips, J.: -Jim Phillips is a professor in the Faculty of Law and Department of History at the University of Toronto and editor-in-chief of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. |