Legal history

The role and function of criminal justice in a conquered colony is always problematic, and the case of Quebec is no exception.

This volume, containing ten essays, is the first of two designed to illustrate the wide possibilities for research and writing in Canadian legal history and reflecting the current interests of those working in that area.

From its earliest days the Law Society of Upper Canada adhered to the traditions of English legal practice and education.

George Heiman has translated the discussion of classical and early Christian laws of association from the major works by Grotto Gierke, Das deutsche Genossenschaftsrecht.

The Federal Court of Canada, which existed from 1875 to 1971 under the name Exchequer Court of Canada, occupies a special place in the court structure of Canada.

THE GOVERNMENT of Prince Edward Island illustrates the operation of an elaborate constitution in a small place.

This work presents a new approach to the problem of the constitution of the Witenagemot, and one which has produced interesting and valuable results.

The Quiet Revolution and two major language bills have transformed Quebec society.

While a functional concept of crime under the common law has ancient roots, theoretical and doctrinal formulations emerged in the nineteenth century.

These cases, notes and statutes on Canadian Land Law comprise the first comprehensive collection on material from all the common law Provinces and bring together in an orderly fashion material which will not only be useful to the law student but will also provide the practising lawyer with a broad range of selected authorities, and provide him at the same times with analytical and critical approaches to problems falling within the limits of the author's treatment of the subject.

In 1821, British Columbia was the exclusive domain of an independent Native population and the Hudson's Bay Company.

Building Justice draws on the inspiring life of former Canadian Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci to offer insight into the meaning of engaged citizenship through law.

Building Justice draws on the inspiring life of former Canadian Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci to offer insight into the meaning of engaged citizenship through law.

The fifth and final volume of the Canadian State Trials series examines political trials and national security measures during the period of 1939 to 1990.

The fifth and final volume of the Canadian State Trials series examines political trials and national security measures during the period of 1939 to 1990.

This is the second of three volumes in an important collection that recounts the sweeping history of law in Canada.

This is the second of three volumes in an important collection that recounts the sweeping history of law in Canada.

Jurists and Jurisprudence in Medieval Italy is an original collection of texts exemplifying medieval Italian jurisprudence, known as the ius commune.

Jurists and Jurisprudence in Medieval Italy is an original collection of texts exemplifying medieval Italian jurisprudence, known as the ius commune.

The Eichmann Trial Reconsidered brings together leading authorities in a transnational, international, and supranational study of Adolf Eichmann, who was captured by the Israelis in Argentina and tried in Jerusalem in 1961.

The Eichmann Trial Reconsidered brings together leading authorities in a transnational, international, and supranational study of Adolf Eichmann, who was captured by the Israelis in Argentina and tried in Jerusalem in 1961.

In nineteenth-century England, legal conceptions of work and family changed in fundamental ways.

In nineteenth-century England, legal conceptions of work and family changed in fundamental ways.

Faith, Force, and Reason follows the evolution of the rule of law from its birth in the marshes of Mesopotamia over 4,000 years ago to its battle against apartheid in South Africa in the last twenty-five years.

Faith, Force, and Reason follows the evolution of the rule of law from its birth in the marshes of Mesopotamia over 4,000 years ago to its battle against apartheid in South Africa in the last twenty-five years.

Beverley McLachlin was the first woman to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Beverley McLachlin was the first woman to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Wounded Feelings is the first legal history of emotions in Canada.

Wounded Feelings is the first legal history of emotions in Canada.

The trial of former SS lieutenant and Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie was France's first trial for crimes against humanity.

The trial of former SS lieutenant and Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie was France's first trial for crimes against humanity.

Reinventing Bankruptcy Law explodes conventional wisdom about the history of the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and in its place offers the first historical account of Canada's premier corporate restructuring statute.

Reinventing Bankruptcy Law explodes conventional wisdom about the history of the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and in its place offers the first historical account of Canada's premier corporate restructuring statute.

Born in Ireland in 1879, W.

Born in Ireland in 1879, W.

From the mid-1960s through the mid-1990s, Canada was in a state of ongoing political crisis.

From the mid-1960s through the mid-1990s, Canada was in a state of ongoing political crisis.

In this absorbing narrative, Barry E.

Involved in rabies research for much of their working careers, editors David J.

Involved in rabies research for much of their working careers, editors David J.

A History of Law in Canada is an important three-volume project.

A History of Law in Canada is an important three-volume project.

In this absorbing narrative, Barry E.

Picturing Punishment examines representations of criminal bodies as they moved in, through, and out of publicly accessible spaces in the city during punishment rituals in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic.

Good Judgment, based upon the author's experience as a lawyer, law professor, and judge, explores the role of the judge and the art of judging.

Good Judgment, based upon the author's experience as a lawyer, law professor, and judge, explores the role of the judge and the art of judging.

On 18 October 1929, John Sankey, England's reform-minded Lord Chancellor, ruled in the Persons case that women were eligible for appointment to Canada's Senate.

It is a medieval truism that the poet meddles with words, the lawyer with the world.

It is a medieval truism that the poet meddles with words, the lawyer with the world.

Set against the backdrop of the U.