Established in 1979, the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History publishes books on Canadian legal history, and creates and preserves an oral history archive. Since 1981 the Society has published more than 125 books on a diverse range of topics in Canadian legal history and has recorded more than 715 oral histories from various members… Read more »
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May 17, 2021 - Philip Girard interviewed on Podcast
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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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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Greg Taylor
Dr Greg Taylor is Professor of Law at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia where his chief interest is constitutional law. He previously taught at Monash University in Melbourne. He has previously been a Visiting Professor at Mannheim University in Germany (2003-2004), a lecturer at the Law School at the University of Adelaide (1999-2003) and an Associate… Read more »
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Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume IX, Two Islands: Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island
edited by Christopher English, Department of History, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Published with the University of Toronto Press, 2005. Voices from the East beyond the Northumberland and Cabot Straits. This volume of essays on the legal histories of Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland opens with innovative essays on the historiography of two ‘island’ jurisdictions of Atlantic… 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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Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume VII: Canadian Law Firms in Historical Perspective
Edited by Carol Wilton. Published with the University of Toronto Press, 1996. This seventh volume in our Essays series, is a pioneering study of an important but neglected Canadian institution. It offers numerous cases studies of Canadian law firms as well as more general analyses. These essays highlight significant periods in the history of a variety… Read more »
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Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume IV: Beyond the Law: Lawyers and Business in Canada, 1830-1930
Edited by Carol Wilton. Published with Butterworths Canada, 1990. Beyond the Law has been called “the first full-length collection offering a serious scholarly treatment of the role of the legal profession in any aspect of Canadian history”. These essays explore new ground in tracing the increasingly complex involvement of lawyers in Canadian business during a… Read more »
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The African Canadian Legal Odyssey: Historical Essays
edited by Barrington Walker, Professor, Department of History, Queens University. Published with the University of Toronto Press, 2012. One of the central themes of the new legal history of the past two decades has been exploration of the law’s role in shaping the lives and experiences of historically marginalised groups in our society. The Osgoode… Read more »
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The Massey Murder: A Maid, her Master, and the Trial that Shocked a Nation
by Charlotte Gray, Independent Historian, published with Harper Collins, 2013. $25.00. In 1915 Carrie Davies, an 18-year old servant girl in the home of Charles (Bert) Massey, scion of the famous Massey family, shot and killed her employer as he entered his house after work. Remarkably, she was acquitted, and award winning popular historian Charlotte… Read more »
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