Osgoode Society Books
Our books are listed here chronologically by date of publication. Use the Search function to the right to find a particular book, or author.
All Books
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My Life in the Law: Lawyer, Scholar, Judge
Robert Sharpe, My Life in the Law: Lawyer, Scholar, Judge, published by the University of Toronto Press. As the title suggests, this book is a personal reflection on Robert Sharpe’s long, varied and influential career as a lawyer, scholar and judge, which incudes a decade as the President of the Osgoode Society. After giving an… Read more »
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Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution
Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross, Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution, published by the University of British Columbia Press. Eric Adams is Professor of Law at the University of Alberta, Jordan Stanger-Ross is Professor of History at the University of Victoria. After the Second World War ended, Canada planned to banish over… Read more »
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Fatal Confession: A Girl’s Murder, a Man’s Execution, and the Fitton Case
Carolyn Strange, Fatal Confession: A Girl’s Murder, a Man’s Execution, and the Fitton Case. Published by the University of British Columbia Press. Carolyn Strange is Professor of History at the Australian National University. In the mid-1950s most Canadians still believed that murder merited the death penalty. It was also a time when modern approaches to… Read more »
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I Did Not Commit Adultery: Marital Conflict and the Law in Ontario in the 1870s
Jim Phillips, I Did Not Commit Adultery: Marital Conflict and the Law in Ontario in the 1870s, published by the University of Toronto Press. Jim Phillips is a Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto, cross-appointed to the Department of History and the Centre for Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies. He is… Read more »
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Heenan Blaikie: The Making and Unmaking of a Great Canadian Law Firm
Our members’ book for 2024 is Adam Dodek, Heenan Blaikie: The Making and Unmaking of a Great Canadian Law Firm, published by the University of British Columbia Press. Adam Dodek, L.S.M., is a Professor in the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and a former Dean of the faculty. Heenan Blaikie chronicles the rise and fall of… Read more »
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Deadly Swindle: An 1890 Murder in Backwoods Ontario That Gripped the World
Our first Optional Extra title for 2024 is Ian Radforth, Deadly Swindle: An 1890 Murder in Backwoods Ontario That Gripped the World, published by the University of Toronto Press. Deadly Swindle is a fascinating journey into life and law in late nineteenth-century Canada. Its jumping off point is the murder of Frederick Cornwallis Benwell, whose body was discovered in the… Read more »
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A History of Canadian Income Tax Volume II, 1948-71
Our second optional extra is Colin Campbell and Robert Raizenne, A History of Canadian Income Tax Volume II, 1948-71, published by the Canadian Tax Foundation. Colin Campbell is a Professor of Law at Western University and Robert Raizenne is a partner at Osler’s. This book follows up on the same authors’ Volume I, published by the Osgoode Society… Read more »
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Prairie Justice: The Hanging of Mike Hack
Wayne Sumner, Prairie Justice: The Hanging of Mike Hack, published by the University of Toronto Press. Wayne Sumner is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. This is a deeply-researched case study of a capital murder case from Saskatchewan in the 1920s. Although Mike Hack was deaf, and although his case was not famous, and it… Read more »
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Essays in the History of Canadian Law Volume XII: New Essays in Women’s History
Our members’ book for 2023 is Lori Chambers and Joan Sangster, eds., Essays in the History of Canadian Law Volume XII: New Essays in Women’s History, published by the University of Toronto Press. Lori Chambers is Professor of History and Women’s Studies at Lakehead University, and Joan Sangster is Professor Emerita of History at Trent University. This… Read more »
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The Notorious Georges: Crime and Community in British Columbia’s Northern Interior, 1909-25
Jon Swainger, The Notorious Georges: Crime and Community in British Columbia’s Northern Interior, 1909-25, published by the University of British Columbia Press. Jon Swainger is a Professor of History at the University of Northern British Columbia, and already an Osgoode Society author. The Notorious Georges: Crime and Community in British Columbia’s Northern Interior takes up the… Read more »