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Established in 1979, the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History publishes books on Canadian legal history, and creates and preserves an oral history archive. Since 1981 the Society has published more than 125 books on a diverse range of topics in Canadian legal history and has recorded more than 715 oral histories from various members of the legal profession.

All of The Osgoode Society’s work is supported by The Law Foundation of Ontario.

Your membership in the Society helps us continue to promote and to preserve Canadian Legal History. Join us!

Osgoode Society members come from across Canada and around the world. Each membership includes the annual members’ selection book at no extra cost. Find out more about our different categories of membership…

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The Osgoode Society publishes books on an array of topics in Canadian legal history that interest members of the legal profession and the general public alike. Find out more about our publications…

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The Osgoode Society’s Oral History Programme is the world’s largest oral history programme dedicated to legal history. Find out more about our oral history archive...

Oral History