Petticoats And Prejudice: Women And The Law In Nineteenth Century Canada
1991
Published for the Osgoode Society by Womens Press.
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This is the first comprehensive work in the field of Canadian women's legal history. Author Constance Backhouse, an internationally-recognized authority on Canadian women's legal history, has compiled here the most important of her decade's worth of research.This highly-readable book highlights the status of women through in-depth case profiles of individual women who were swept up into the 19th century legal process as litigants, accused criminals and witnesses. The cases span the country, providing information about all the common law provinces as well as Quebec.Awarded the Willard Hurst Prize in American Legal History, 1992.
A fascinating and unusual book, one that adds significantly to the collection of path-breaking articles on Canadian women's legal history she has already published. Elizabeth Clarke, Law and History Review, vol 11, 1993
This is legal history that is open and accessible - legal history at its best .... An insightful and coherent study...essential reading. In this first comprehensive study of women's legal history, University of Western Ontario historian Constance Backhouse deftly romps through the seedy underside of life to provide a penetrating portrait of the law's effect on women. Terry Crowley, Ontario History, vol 84, 1992
L’autre a ainsi atteint son objectif de rendre ses recherches accessibles au public non initié... La facilité de la lecture ne doit pas porter ombrage à la somme de travail qu’ont exigée ces recherches. Louise Langevin, Les Cahiers de Droit, vol 34, 1993
