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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Main Author: Sharpe, Robert J.
Corporate Author: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Other Authors: McMahon, Patricia I., 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Buffalo : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
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The Persons case : the origins and legacy of the fight for legal personhood /
by Sharpe, Robert J.
Published 2007
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