The Osgoode Society members book for 2021, Daniel Rück, The Laws and the Land: The Settler Colonial Invasion of Kahnawà:ke in Nineteenth-Century Canada has recently been awarded two major prizes. It has been chosen as the co-winner of the Best Book in Indigenous History by the Canadian Historical Association. It has also been chosen as… Read more »
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Bora Laskin: Bringing Law to Life
by Philip Girard, Professor of Law, History & Canadian Studies at Dalhousie University, 2005. Published with the University of Toronto Press. In any account of Canadian law in the 20th century, Bora Laskin looms large. This biography explores in vivid detail the life and times of a restless man on a mission. In his first career,… Read more »
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Arming and Disarming: A History of Gun Control in Canada
R. Blake Brown, Professor of History, St Mary’s University. Published with the University of Toronto Press, 2012. $45.00; Student Price: $20.00. The topic of gun control is never far from the public eye in this country, taking centre stage whenever a dramatic shooting occurs and invariably featuring in debates about Canadian-American distinctions. This is the… Read more »
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August 29, 2022 - Osgoode Society 2021 Members book awarded Best Book in Canadian Studies and Indigenous History
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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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Canadian Law and Society Association Book Prize
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September 3, 2024 - Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Jim Phillips, Named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Osgoode Society Editor-in-Chief Jim Phillips was recently named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. The official announcement reads: “Jim Phillips, Professor of Law and History, University of Toronto, is a leading figure in the field of Canadian legal history. Phillips has been an intellectual leader in the expansion of legal scholarship beyond traditional… Read more »
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Osgoode Society Legal History Workshop
Osgoode Society Legal History Workshops 2011-2024 OSGOODE SOCIETY LEGAL HISTORY WORKSHOPS IN FALL 2024 AND WINTER 2025: All sessions start at 6.30 EST. Email j.phillips@utoronto.ca for the link. 2024 Fall Term Schedule Wednesday September 11 – Nina Patti and Jim Phillips, University of Toronto: ‘The 1930 Divorce Act: The Demise of Parliamentary Divorce for Ontario.’… Read more »
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Lecture Event :”Writing the Histories of Law in Canada: The Interaction of Three Legal Systems.”
On May 28th, Professors Jim Phillips and Philip Girard will present the second lecture in our series titled “Histories of Law in Canada: The Interaction of Three Legal Systems.” Join us at 5:30 p.m. in the Museum Room at Osgoode Hall, 130 Queen Street West. This event is free provided you are an Osgoode Society Member –… Read more »
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Canadian Historical Association Awards
Prize for the best book in any field of Canadian history(formerly the McDonald Prize)
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Osgoode Society Legal History Workshop
Osgoode Society Legal History Workshop will resume in September 2016. A schedule will be posted on this website when it is finalized.
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