"I shall always be gratified that I had the opportunity to create the Osgoode Society in 1979 when I was the Attorney-General for Ontario..."
Guest Speaker Professor John Beattie, with Elizabeth Goldberg, CEO of the Law Foundation of Ontario, sponsor of the Society's 30th Anniversary Symposium.
The Osgoode Society Board in 1984. Seated from the left: Archie Campbell, Brendan O'Brien, R. Roy McMurtry, and Laura Legge (then Treasurer of the Law Society)
Two-time Osgoode Society author Professor Barrignton Walker at the Society's 30th Anniversary Reception
Marilyn MacFarlane, long time administrator of the Osgoode Society, honoured at the Society’s 30th Anniversary Dinner
R. Roy McMurtry, Derry Millar, Treasurer of the Law Society, and Mrs Millar.
Claire Mumme: Winner of the 2010 McMurtry Fellowship
I have been a member of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History since my second year at Osgoode Hall Law School, where I was first introduced to the organization by the late Professor Graham Parker. Since then I have been enriched by this organization and its excellent and diverse legal historical publications. Overall, I find the Osgoode Society to be one of the most consistantly relevant organizations to the Canadian Legal Profession. - The Honourable Justice Michael H. Tulloch Court of Appeal for Ontario
One of our 2012 books: The African Canadian Legal Odyssey: Historical Essays.
One of our 2012 books: Arming and Disarming: A History of Gun Control in Canada.
One of our 2012 books: Hunger, Horses and Government Men:Criminal Law on the Aboriginal Plains.
One of our 2012 books: Property on Trial: Canadian Cases in Context.
We invite interested members of the public, scholars and members of the legal community to join us in the exploration of Canada’s legal history. In the past year we have completely restructured our website to make it a resource for anybody interested in Canadian legal history. You will find here not only much more information than before about our publications and our authors, but also news of our other activities and some new features. In the coming weeks we will also be launching the section on Legal History Resources. To join the Osgoode Society click here
Upcoming Publications
News & Upcoming Events
Recent Publications
- Memoirs and Reflections by the Hon. R. Roy McMurtry
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Lawyers, Families, and Businesses: The Shaping of a Bay Street Law Firm, Faskens 1863-1963 by C. Ian Kyer
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The Massey Murder: A Maid, her Master, and the Trial that Shocked a Nation by Charlotte Gray
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Essays in the History of Canadian Law - Volume XI: The Canadas by G. Blaine Baker and Donald Fyson, eds.
- Our 2013 members' book, R. Blake Brown, Arming and Disarming: A History of Gun Control in Canada, has been awarded the 2013 Canadian Law and Society Association Book Prize. Congratulations to Professor Brown. This is the fourth time that an Osgoode Society book has won this award.
- One of our 2012 books, Shelley Gavigan's Hunger, Horses and Government Men: Criminal Law on the Aboriginal Plains, 1870-1905, is one of 5 books shortlisted for the Sir John A. Macdonald Prize. The Macdonald Prize is awarded annually by the Canadian Historical Association to a book judged to have made "the most significant contribution to the Canadian past."
- We are delighted to announce that John Honsberger, one of the founding Directors of the Osgoode Society, was recently named to the Order of Ontario and was also awarded a Queen's Jubilee Medal. John was honoured for many achievements, including his contributions to the legal history of Ontario.
- The finalists for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Speaker's Book Award for 2013 include two Osgoode Society books: Lori Chambers, Misconceptions: Unmarried Motherhood and the Ontario Children of Unmarried Parents Act, 1921-1969, and Barrington Walker, Race on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario's Criminal Courts, 1858-1958. The Speaker's Book Award recognizes works by Ontario authors reflecting the diverse culture and rich history of the province and of its residents.
- Notable Dates
- Tuesday May 21 - Osgoode Society Patrons Dinner
- Tuesday June 4 - Osgoode Society Annual Meeting of Members, 5 p.m., Museum Room, Osgoode Hall
- Wednesday October 30 - Osgoode Society 2013 Book Launch.
- News Archive
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The African Canadian Legal Odyssey: Historical Essays edited by Walker Barrington
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Hunger, Horses, and Government Men: Criminal Law on the Aboriginal Plains, 1870-1905 by Shelley Gavigan
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Property on Trial: Canadian Cases in Context edited by Eric Tucker, James Muir, and Bruce Ziff.
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Arming and Disarming: A History of Gun Control in Canada by R. Blake Brown
