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Law of the Land : the Advent of the Torrens System in Canada.

Greg Taylor traces the spread of the Torrens system, from its arrival in the far-flung outpost of 1860s Victoria, British Columbia, right up to twenty-first century Ontario.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taylor, Greg
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2008.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1 The Torrens System: An Outline
  • The Spread of the Torrens System
  • The Need for Reform
  • The Torrens System
  • 2 The Invention of the Torrens System
  • Man and Idea
  • A Thousand Fathers
  • 3 Vancouver Island: The Second Torrens Jurisdiction in the World
  • Background
  • Establishing the Australian Link
  • Was It Really the Torrens System?
  • Public Response to the Torrens System
  • 4 British Columbia
  • The Mainland Colony
  • The Ordinance of 1870
  • 5 The Canada Land Law Amendment Association
  • Pre-History of the Association: Torrens Becomes Known in Central Canada
  • Personalities
  • Beginnings
  • The Association Puts Torrens on the Public Agenda
  • The Association: A Front for Loan Sharks?
  • Later History of the Association
  • 6 Ontario
  • English or Australian Model?
  • Introduction of the Torrens Principle
  • Slow Beginnings
  • Gradual Extension and Conquest of Ontario
  • Some Concluding Thoughts
  • 7 Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the North-West Territories
  • Historical Background
  • Introduction of the Torrens System
  • Trouble in Paradise I: Early Problems with the Torrens System
  • Trouble in Paradise II: The Registrar at Calgary
  • The Torrens System in Saskatchewan and Alberta after 1905
  • 8 Manitoba
  • The Mission of June 1883
  • The Manitoba Land Law Amendment Association
  • Success
  • Failure?
  • Success!
  • 9 Quebec, the Maritimes, and Newfoundland and Labrador
  • 10 Concluding Remarks
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
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