Works in this series are designed to illustrate the diverse possibilities for research and writing in Canadian legal history. In combination, these volumes reflect the ecumenical scope of legal history as an intellectual enterprise and invite continued inquiry into all aspects of our judicial past. Topics explored include the evolution of divorce law, conditions in the penal system, women’s rights, definitions of private property, vagrancy laws in Halifax, the administration of waterways, aboriginal title, political corruption, the origins of workers’ compensation in Ontario, and the role of courts in the “wild west” of British Columbia and the Yukon in the early days of British sovereignty.
This collection investigates historical cases involving women and gender relations in order to uncover the power dynamics at the heart of the legal system.
Two Islands, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island
Edited by Christopher English
Price:
$56.00
ISBN: 9781487598389
Pub Date: December 2005
This volume, which includes a number of essays examining women's legal status and access to the courts, is a comprehensive and fascinating examination of legal history in two Canadian provinces.
This volume is the second in the Essays in the History of Canadian Law series, designed to illustrate the wide possibilities for research and writing in Canadian legal history.
The essays in this volume deal with the legal history of the Province of Quebec, Upper and Lower Canada, and the Province of Canada between the British conquest of 1759 and confederation of the British North America colonies in 1867.
Edited by J. Phillips, R. Roy McMurtry and John T. Saywell
Price:
$120.00
ISBN: 9780802099112
Pub Date: September 2008
Covering a broad range of topics, this volume examines developments over the last two hundred years in the legal profession and the judiciary, nineteenth-century prison history, as well as the impact of the 1815 Treaty of Paris.
Inside the Law: Canadian Law Firms in Historical Perspective
by Carol Wilton
Price:
$61.00
ISBN: 9781442652507
Pub Date: December 1996
This collection of essays, Volume VII in the Osgoode Society's series of Essays in the History of Canadian Law, is the first focused study of a variety of law firms and how they have evolved over a century and a half, from the golden age of the sole practitioner in the pre-industrial era to the recent rise of the mega-firm.
Edited by Susan Lewthwaite, Tina Loo and Jim Phillips
Price:
$76.00
ISBN: 9780802075871
Pub Date: November 1994
The volume covers criminal justice history at various times in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes. It is a study which opens up greater vistas of understanding to all those interested in the interstices of law, crime, and punishment.
This volume of ten essays illustrates the wide possibilities for research and writing in Canadian legal history and reflecting the current interests of those working in that area.
