In this podcast, Greg Marchildon interviews Osgoode Society Associate Editor Philip Girard regarding A History of Law in Canada, Volume 1: Beginnings to 1866, published by the University of Toronto Press in 2018, of which he is the co-author along with Jim Phillips and Blake Brown. Girard explains the ways in which Canadian legal culture… Read more »
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Viscount Haldane: "The Wicked Stepfather of the Canadian Constitution"
by Frederick Vaughan, Professor Emeritus, University of Guelph. Published with the University of Toronto Press, 2010. Lord Haldane is well-known to historians of Canadian constitutional law as one of the Privy Council judges most responsible for re-shaping the division of powers in the direction of greater provincial power after World War One. This deeply-researched biography Fred… Read more »
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Hunger, Horses, and Government Men: Criminal Law on the Aboriginal Plains, 1870-1905
by Shelley Gavigan, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School. Published with the University of British Columbia Press, 2012. Shortly after Confederation Canada acquired the territories formerly owned and administered by the Hudson’s Bay Company. Among the formidable challenges brought by this massive land acquisition, the most notable was the task of reconciling the aboriginal peoples of… Read more »
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May 17, 2021 - Philip Girard interviewed on Podcast
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Conferences
In this section we include information about forthcoming legal history conferences, seminars, lectures etc, in Canada and around the world. Call for Papers – Eastern Townships & Legal History- DEADLINE MAY 15, 2025 This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada, which will honor both Sherbrooke and Bishop’s Universities with an… Read more »
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The Osgoode Society-In The News
Osgoode Society book named Number 3 on Hill Times best 100 books of 2017’ https://www.hilltimes.com/2017/12/18/hill-times-list-100-best-books-2017/128829 Recent article and review of Claire L’Heureux -Dube: A Life by Constance Backhouse https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-retired-supreme-court-justice-claire-lheureux-dubes-biography/
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Suzanne Chiodo
Suzanne Chiodo is a doctoral candidate in Law at Oriel College, Oxford University. She also completed her undergraduate degree in Modern History at Oxford. Before beginning her doctorate in October 2017, Suzanne was a class actions lawyer at Rochon Genova LLP in Toronto. She completed her LLM in December 2016, supported by funding from the… Read more »
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Law Society of Upper Canada Mark’s Canada’s 150th Birthday
On 27 September, 2017, the Law Society of Upper Canada will mark Canada’s 150th birthday with an event highlighting the role of lawyers in making the constitution and in the development of the inclusive society we are committed to building. The afternoon event will go from 3 – 6 p.m. and be held at Osgoode… Read more »
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March 21, 2025 - Editor -in-Chief JimPhillips awarded the Law Society Medal for 2025
On March 20, 2025, the Law Society of Ontario announced that 6 people have been awarded the Law Society Medal for 2025. They include Osgoode Society Editor-in-Chief Jim Phillips. The citation reads: Professor Jim Phillips: is a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto, cross-appointed to the Department of History, and a… Read more »
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Student Ambassador Programme
The Osgoode Society has a Student Ambassador Programme at each of the Toronto law schools. Student Ambassadors organize periodic legal history events to promote the Society and subject to interested colleagues. The events also give the students the opportunity to connect with the lawyers and judges who comprise the Society’s directors. In October 2023 the… Read more »
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Message from the Editor in Chief
A Message from the Editor in Chief The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History was established in 1979 to promote the publication of work on the history of Canadian law, and to create and preserve an oral history archive. We have been very successful at both of these. As of 2024 we have published exactly… Read more »
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