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Provincial justice : Upper Canadian legal portraits from the Dictionary of Canadian biography /

In the formative years of Ontario's history, the law loomed large, as a profession, a preoccupation of legislators, a subject of debate and controversy, and a force that many citizens found themselves up against. Robert Fraser has drawn from the pages of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Osgoode Society
Otros Autores: Fraser, Robert L. (Robert Lochiel)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo : Published for the Osgoode Society by University of Toronto Press, ©1992.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In the formative years of Ontario's history, the law loomed large, as a profession, a preoccupation of legislators, a subject of debate and controversy, and a force that many citizens found themselves up against. Robert Fraser has drawn from the pages of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography the stories of sixty people who played a key role in the legal history of Upper Canada.Told in a readable style that has been much praised, these profiles contain information that bears the authoritative stamp of the DCB volumes from which they come. They add a valuable personal dimension to Ontario's legal history.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xcii, 470 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781442678880
1442678887