Sir John Beverley Robinson : bone and sinew of the compact /

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John Beverley Robinson (1791-1863) was one of Upper Canada's foremost jurists, a dominating influence on the ruling élite, and a leading citizen of nineteenth-century Toronto who owned a vast tract of land on which Osgoode Hall now stands.The loyalists had founded a colony firm in its devotion...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brode, Patrick, 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ontario] ; Buffalo [New York] : Published for the Osgoode Society by University of Toronto Press, [1984]
Temas:
Robinson, John Beverley, > Sir, > 1791-1863.
Robinson, John Beverley, > Sir, > 1791-1863
Judges > Ontario > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Judges
Ontario
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • The Loyalist tradition
  • 'This outpost of England'
  • Gentleman of Lincoln's Inn
  • Public life
  • Parliamentary life
  • An advocate in England
  • 'He serves the king, sir'
  • The alien debates
  • 'POLITICS i am not fond of'
  • Tory twilight
  • A love of order
  • Chief Justice, speaker, and confidant
  • Rebellion and reaction
  • The Canada debate
  • Lord Chief Justice
  • 'If I am right, thy grace impart'
  • Epilogue.

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