| Essays in the History of Canadian Law: Volume II Contributor(s): Flaherty, David H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1442613580 ISBN-13: 9781442613584 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $81.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice - Law | Legal History - History | Canada - General |
| Dewey: 349.71 |
| Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.8" (1.70 lbs) 614 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume is the second in the Essays in the History of Canadian Law series, designed to illustrate the wide possibilities for research and writing in Canadian legal history. In combination, these volumes reflect the wide-ranging scope of legal history as an intellectual discipline andencourage others to pursue important avenues of inquiry on all aspects of our legal past. Topics include the role of civil courts in Upper Canada; legal education; political corruption;nineteenth-century Canadian rape law; the Toronto Police Court; the Kamloops outlaws and commissions of assize in nineteenth-century British Columbia; private rights and public purposes in Ontario waterways; the origins of workers' compensation in Ontario; and the evolution of the Ontario courts. Contributors include Brendan O'Brien, Peter N. Oliver, William N.T. Wylie, G. Blaine Baker, Paul Romney, Constance B. Backhouse, Paul Craven, Hamar Foster, Jamie Bendickson, R.C.B. Risk, and Margaret A. Banks. |
Contributor Bio(s): Flaherty, David H.: - David H. Flaherty is a professor emeritus in the Departments of History and Law at the University of Western Ontario and an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria. |