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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The Persons Case: The Origins and Legacy of the Fight for Legal Personhood
by Mr. Justice Robert Sharpe of the Court of Appeal for Ontario and Prof. Patricia McMahon, Osgoode Hall Law School. Published with the University of Toronto Press, 2007. The Persons’ Case is one of the best known Canadian constitutional cases, both for the fact that it declared women to be ‘persons’ for the purposes of… Read more »
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June 19, 2015 - Justice Robert J. Sharpe new president of the Osgoode Society
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Ellen Anderson
Ellen Anderson is a partner at Anderson Adams Lawyers in Innisfil. . She worked for twelve years as a college teacher and took time to raise her children before embarking on her legal career. She was awarded the Canadian Bar Association Viscount Bennett Fellowship to write the authorized biography of Madam Justice Bertha Wilson (1999)…. Read more »
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J. Patrick Boyer
J. Patrick Boyer is the president of Blue Butterfly Books, an independent Canadian fiction and non-fiction publisher. He has written numerous books on law and public policy, and has also served on the national council of The Writers’ Union of Canada. Mr. Boyer has worked as an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science… Read more »
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C. Ian Kyer
Dr. Kyer practices information technology law at RPM Technologies. He has been ranked as one of the leading 500 Lawyers in Canada by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. For several years he has been listed in the International Who’s Who of Internet and E-commerce Lawyers. He has also been rated twice as one of the… Read more »
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Carol Wilton
Carol Wilton, formerly Assistant Professor of History at Brock University, has written and edited a number of books on Canadian legal and political history. After being called to the Bar of Ontario in 2002, she worked in both legal clinics and private practice. She has been involved in many community organizations, including the Poverty Action… Read more »
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Dennis G. Molinaro
Dennis Molinaro, B.A. (Trent) M.A. (Queen’s) PhD ( Toronto). Dennis Molinaro currently he teaches Canadian foreign policy and the history of intelligence at OntarioTech University. He has also previously taught the History of Modern Espionage at the University of Toronto. He has researched and published a book and articles on the use of wartime powers… 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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Donald Fyson
Donald Fyson is Professor of History in the Département d’histoire of Université Laval. He has published extensively in eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth- century Quebec history, with a focus on the relationship between state, law and society, especially as seen through the criminal and civil justice system, the police and local administration. These themes are explored… Read more »
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R.C.B. Risk
Richard Risk is a former Professor of Law at the University of Toronto. He joined the Faculty in 1962, and consistently taught at least one course a year on legal history from 1964 on. Originally, Professor Risk’s legal scholarship focused principally on real estate law, while in later years he became one of the country’s… Read more »