Essays in the History of Canadian Law : A Tribute to Peter N. Oliver /

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Written to honour the life and work of the late Peter N. Oliver, the distinguished historian and editor-in-chief of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History from 1979-2006, this collection assembles the finest legal scholars to reflect on the issues in and development of the field of legal his...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Backhouse, Constance (Contribuidor), Baehre, Rainer (Contribuidor), Baker, G. Blaine (Contribuidor), Berkovits, Joseph Ashley (Contribuidor), Brode, Patrick (Contribuidor), Chambers, Lori (Contribuidor), Craven, Paul (Contribuidor), Girard, Philip (Contribuidor), Kyer, C. Ian (Contribuidor), McLaren, John (Contribuidor), McMurtry, R. Roy (Editor ), Phillips, J. (Editor ), Phillips, Jim (Contribuidor), Saywell, John T. (Editor ), Swainger, Jonathan (Contribuidor), Ward, Sean (Contribuidor), Ziff, Bruce (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Colección:Essays in the History of Canadian Law ; 10
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Law > Canada > History and criticism.
LAW / Legal History.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction Peter Oliver and the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
  • Part One. Criminal Justice: Law, Policy, and the Limits of the Criminal Sanction
  • 1. Rape in the House of Commons: The Prosecution of Louis Auger, Ottawa, 1929
  • 2. Wardens and Prisoners: Aspects of Prison Culture in Ontario, 1874-1914
  • 3. 'Perverts a Menace': The Development of the Criminal Sexual Psychopath Offence, 1948
  • 4. The Law of Rules: Prosecuting Railway Workers in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Ontario
  • Part Two. The Judiciary: Ideology, Legitimacy, and Politics
  • 5. Politics, Promotion, and Professionalism: Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Judicial Appointments
  • 6. 'High above the Generality of the People': The Ideological Origins of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court Circuit
  • 7. Judicial Scandal and the Culture of Patronage in Early Confederation, 1867-78
  • Part Three. Legal Thought and the Legal Profession: Contested Conceptions of Law and Lawyers
  • 8. Strategic Benthamism: Rehabilitating United Canada's Bar through Criminal Law Codification, 1847-54
  • 9. The Rule of Law and Irish Whig Constitutionalism in Upper Canada: William Warren Baldwin, the 'Irish Opposition,' and the Volunteer Connection
  • Part Four. New Directions in Legal History - Private Law, International Law, Low Law, and Informal Law
  • 10. Diplomacy, International Law, and Foreign Fishing in Newfoundland, 1814-30: Revisiting the 1815 Treaty of Paris and the 1818 Convention
  • 11. Social Workers, Courts, and the Implementation of the Children of Unmarried Parents Act, 1921-69
  • 12. The David Fasken Estate: Estate Planning and Social History in Early Twentieth-Century Ontario
  • 13. Squatters' Rights and the Origins of Edmonton Settlement
  • Contributors
  • Backmatter

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