The Persons Case : The Origins and Legacy of the Fight for Legal Personhood /

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"On 18 October 1929, John Sankey, England's reform-minded Lord Chancellor, ruled that women were eligible for appointment to Canada's Senate. Initiated by Edmonton judge Emily Murphy and four other activist women, the Persons case challenged the exclusion of women from Canada's u...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sharpe, Robert J.
Autor Corporativo: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Otros Autores: McMahon, Patricia I., 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Buffalo : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Murphy, Emily F. > (Emily Ferguson), > 1868-1933.
Edwards, Henrietta Muir, > 1849-1931.
Edwards, Henrietta Muir, > 1849-1931 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Murphy, Emily F. > (Emily Ferguson), > 1868-1933 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Kanada > Parliament > Senate
Frau
Frauenbewegung
Passives Wahlrecht
Verfassung
Women's rights.
Political rights.
Persons (Law)
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
LAW > Legal History.
Droits politiques > Canada > Histoire.
Personnes (Droit) > Canada > Histoire.
Femmes > Droit > Canada > Histoire.
Femmes > Droits > Canada > Histoire.
Famous Five (Defenseuses des droits de l'homme canadiennes)
Famous Five (Canadian women's rights activists)
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada > History.
Persons (Law) > Canada > History.
Political rights > Canada > History.
Women's rights > Canada > History.
Canada.
Comptes rendus de proces et d'arbitrage.
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Trials, litigation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: 'A relic of days more barbarous than ours'
  • First of the five
  • The other four
  • Women and the law : the trials of legal personhood
  • Emily Murphy's Senate campaign
  • Going to court
  • The Supreme Court of Canada decides
  • The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the Canadian Constitution
  • Waiting to be heard
  • The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council decides
  • The political, cultural, and legal legacy of the Persons case.

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