In this podcast episode, Nicole O’Byrne speaks to Barry Wright about his book Canadian State Trials, Volume V: World War, Cold War, and Challenges to Sovereignty, 1939–1990, co-edited with Susan Binnie and Eric Tucker. The book was published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by the University of Toronto Press in 2022. https://champlainsociety.utpjournals.press/podcast/wty/national-security-measures-political-trials-canadian-state-trials-1939-1990-with-barry-wright… Read more »
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The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, 1754 – 2004: From Imperial Bastion to Provincial Oracle
edited by Philip Girard, Professor, Dalhousie Law School, Jim Phillips, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, and Barry Cahill, independent scholar. Published with the University of Toronto Press, 2004. This volume was prepared to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Canada’s oldest surviving common law court. The thirteen… Read more »
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Duff: A Life in the Law
by David Williams. Published with the University of British Columbia Press, 1984. Out of Print. Sir Lyman Duff is often described as Canada’s most distinguished jurist. His career encompassed forty years in high judicial office, the last eleven as Chief Justice of Canada. More than any other individual, he shaped the Supreme Court and its decisions… Read more »
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The Conventional Man: The Diaries of Ontario Chief Justice Robert A. Harrison, 1856-1878
edited with an introduction by Peter N. Oliver, Professor of History, York University. Published with the University of Toronto Press, 2003. Between 1856 and 1878, the year of his death, Robert A. Harrison, a Toronto lawyer, often described as the outstanding common law lawyer of his generation in Canada and Chief Justice of Ontario in the… Read more »
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January 26, 2023 - Osgoode Society Authors on The Champlain Society Podcast
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2024 Book Launch Reception Invitation
THE DIRECTORS OF THE OSGOODE SOCIETY and University of Toronto Press, University of British Columbia Press and the Canadian Tax Foundation REQUEST THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY AT A RECEPTION TO CELEBRATE THE PUBLICATION OF Heenan Blaikie: The Making and Unmaking of a Great Canadian Law Firm by Prof. Adam Dodek Deadly Swindle: An 1890 Murder in Backwoods Ontario… Read more »
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May 5, 2016 - David Fraser, “Honorary Protestants”: The Jewish School Question in Montreal, 1867-1997, has been shortlisted for the Canadian Law and Society Association Book Prize.
One of the Osgoode Society’s 2015 books, David Fraser, “Honorary Protestants”: The Jewish School Question in Montreal, 1867-1997, has been shortlisted for the Canadian Law and Society Association Book Prize.
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An Evening of Canadian Legal History with SCC Justice Mahmud Jamal. SCC Justice Mahmud Jamal discusses legal history’s role in Supreme Court decision-making in a fireside chat. Approved for 1 Hour and 15 Minutes Professionalism Hours
On Wednesday November 30 at 5:30****PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM NOVEMBER 16 TO NOVEMBER 30*** – SCC Justice Mahmud Jamal discusses legal history’s role in Supreme Court decision-making in a fireside chat with Jim Phillips and others. This event has been approved by the Law Society of Ontario for 1 hour and 15… Read more »
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June 22, 2020 - The Osgoode Society Announces Awards for 2020
OSGOODE SOCIETY AWARDS. The Osgoode Society is very pleased to announce the 2020 winners of two of its awards. Peter Oliver Prize. Named for the Society’s first and long-serving Editor-in-Chief, the Peter Oliver Prize is given for published work in Canadian legal history by a student. The 2020 winner is Jacqueline Briggs, a Ph.D. student… Read more »
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Women’s Fight for Legal Personhood: The Persons Case in Historical Perspective
The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History invites you to our inaugural student event — ‘Women’s Fight for Legal Personhood: The Persons Case in Historical Perspective’. Professor Jim Phillips will moderate a panel discussion between The Honourable Robert J. Sharpe, Professor Patricia McMahon, and Professor Sonia Lawrence examining the history and modern implications of the Persons… Read more »
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Osgoode Society Legal History Workshop Schedules 2011-2017
2017 Wednesday January 11 – Dennis Molinaro, Trent University: “The Official Secret.” Wednesday January 25 – Anna Jarvis, York University: “Colonial criminal justice and the Mi’kmaq: the case of Tom Williams, Prince Edward Island, 1839”. Wednesday February 8 – Bill Wylie, Independent Scholar: “The “Majestic Equality” of the Law: Diverging Views on the Reform of… Read more »
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