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Mr Attorney : The Attorney General for Ontario in Court, Cabinet, and Legislature 1791-1899 /

In early Upper Canada the attorney general was little more than a skilled functionary -- the Crown's chief legal counsel; by the mid-19th century he had become a leading member of cabinet and generally premier. Mr Attorney is the story of this transformation and many other aspects of the attorn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Romney, Paul, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Buffalo : Published for the Osgoode Society by University of Toronto Press, 1986.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In early Upper Canada the attorney general was little more than a skilled functionary -- the Crown's chief legal counsel; by the mid-19th century he had become a leading member of cabinet and generally premier. Mr Attorney is the story of this transformation and many other aspects of the attorney general's role in 19th-century Ontario.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (416 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781487580209