A History of Law in Canada, Volume One is a monumental and masterful work. It fills a gap in Canadian scholarship by providing a comprehensive, well-written and informative account of the history of law in Canada. Its 900 pages of text and footnotes reflect an astonishing range of knowledge. It breaks new ground in its… Read more »
251 Search Results for: Aboriginal Canadian Lawyers & Judges
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The Fiercest Debate: Cecil A. Wright, The Benchers And Legal Education In Ontario, 1923-1957.
by C. Ian Kyer And Jerome Bickenbach. Published with the University of Toronto Press, 1987. Disagreements over legal education have by no means been restricted to Ontario or to the twentieth century. The nature of legal education was debated in many parts of Europe and North America in the course of the nineteenth century. As the… Read more »
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Carnal Crimes: Sexual Assault Law in Canada, 1900-1975
by Constance Backhouse, Professor of Law, University of Ottawa. Published with Irwin Law, 2008. An engaging and powerful book about sexual assault crimes in Canadian history, by Professor Constance Backhouse, whose previous books for the Osgoode Society have won major awards. Using a case-study approach, Professor Backhouse explores nine sexual assault trials from across the country… Read more »
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The Life And Times Of Arthur Maloney: The Last Of The Tribunes
by Charles Pullen. Published with Dundurn Press Ltd, 1994. Out of Print. Arthur Maloney was a charmingly complicated and skilled man who came out of the Ottawa Valley determined to make something of himself as other members of his family had done before him. By the time he died in 1984 he had been a successful… Read more »
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Peter Oliver
Professor Oliver was a Professor of History at York University for over 40 years, beginning as a full time lecturer in 1965. His work focused mainly on the political and legal history of Ontario in the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as correctional history and penology. He was noted for his work on a… Read more »
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June 6, 2019 - A History of Law in Canada Volume 1: Beginnings to 1866 wins Honourable Mention for the W. Wesley Pue book prize
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What is Oral History?
Oral History What is Oral History? Historians have traditionally relied on documents of various kinds while conducting their research. But documents are often insufficient for fully reconstructing the past, and this is as true of legal history as of any other field of history. Court and other legal records from the past have been lost,… Read more »
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June 19, 2015 - Justice Robert J. Sharpe new president of the Osgoode Society
At this evening’s meeting of the board of directors of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, Justice Robert J. Sharpe of the Ontario Court of Appeal was elected president of the Society. While R. Roy McMurtry, the founder and of the society and its long-serving president, has decided to step down, he will not… Read more »
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John Tupper Saywell
The late Professor John Tupper (Jack) Saywell was one of Canada’s most distinguished political historians. He began teaching at the University of Toronto in 1954, and was Editor of the Canadian Historical Review (1957 – 1963), and of the Canadian Annual Review (1960 – 1979). He was the author of The Office of Lieutenant-Governor: A… Read more »
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Clio Award, Regional History
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Adam Dodek
Adam Dodek is a Full Professor and the former dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa (Common Law Section). He researches and teaches in the areas of Public Law, Constitutional Law, the Legal Profession and Legal Ethics. Professor Dodek is the author of more than 50 academic articles and book chapters including… Read more »
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