Systems of law

In early Upper Canada the attorney general was little more than a skilled functionary -- the Crown's chief legal counsel; by the mid-nineteenth century he had become a leading member of cabinet and generally premier.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

For centuries, courts across the common law world have developed systems of law by building bodies of judicial decisions.

For centuries, courts across the common law world have developed systems of law by building bodies of judicial decisions.

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.

Canada is covered by a system of law and governance that largely obscures and ignores the presence of pre-existing Indigenous regimes.

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.

Award winning author Gregory S.

Award winning author Gregory S.

In Staging the Trials of Modernism, Dale Barleben explores the interactions among literature, cultural studies, and the law through detailed analyses of select British modern writers including Oscar Wilde, Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford, and James Joyce.

In the early history of Halifax (1749-1766), debt litigation was extremely common.

In 2017, in Ivey v.

The movement of humans across borders is increasing exponentially'some for benign reasons, others nefarious, including terrorism, human trafficking, and people smuggling.

The movement of humans across borders is increasing exponentially'some for benign reasons, others nefarious, including terrorism, human trafficking, and people smuggling.

EL PRINCIPAL MOTIVO DE ESCRIBIR ESTE LIBRO ES SENCILLAMENTE PARA LLAMAR LA ATENCION DEL AMABLE LECTOR EN CUANTO A LA CRUDA REALIDAD QUE A VIVIDO SIEMPRE NUESTRA AMERICA LATINA A TRAVEZ DE LOS SIGLOS.

This book includes focal and vital cases tried by presiding justices, guiding cases from the Supreme People's Court, and cases discussed at the Joint Meetings of Presiding Judges from various tribunals.

The book highlights several aspects with 'Chinese characteristics' that set the country's financial system apart.

To any professional concerned with exceptional children, it would be the greatest understatement to say that the courts and legislatures have had a tremendous impact on the field of speeial education.

Miracles in Korea is a collection of thirty-eight stories about Korean mountain wizards, Taoist hermits with supernatural powers, divine Taoists, and divine beings, who enjoy perennial youth, longevity, and immortality, and sometimes ascend to heaven.

Because of the overwhelming changes in media within the past twenty years, First Amendment values are more vital than ever to this countrys freedom.

This book draws on a range of theoretical frameworks to challenge the limited conception of subjectivity upon which human rights are based.

When the Islamic Institute of Civil Justice announced it would begin offering Sharia-based services in Ontario, a subsequent provincial government review gave qualified support for religious arbitration.

When the Islamic Institute of Civil Justice announced it would begin offering Sharia-based services in Ontario, a subsequent provincial government review gave qualified support for religious arbitration.

The social historian, searching for the basis of a culture, often turns to a study of ordinary people.

Nach etlichen Vorfällen in den letzten Jahrzehnten erbringt der Autor Urkundsbeweis für massive Auffälligkeiten und rechtswidrige Vorgehensweisen seitens Dritter in Strafverfahren, sowie daraus resultierender Untersuchungshaft.

Combining socio-legal and ethnohistorical studies, this book presents the history of doodem, or clan identification markings, left by Anishinaabe on treaties and other legal documents from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries.

Combining socio-legal and ethnohistorical studies, this book presents the history of doodem, or clan identification markings, left by Anishinaabe on treaties and other legal documents from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries.

The sixth to ninth centuries saw a flowering of written laws among the early Germanic tribes.

James McGregor Stewart (1889-1955) was perhaps the foremost Canadian corporate lawyer of his day.

Prepared to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the establishment of Nova Scotia's Supreme Court, this important new volume provides a comprehensive history of the institution, Canada's oldest common law court.

John Beverley Robinson (1791-1863) was one of Upper Canada's foremost jurists, a dominating influence on the ruling elite, and a leading citizen of nineteenth-century Toronto who owned a vast tract of land on which Osgoode Hall now stands.

This comprehensive study is concerned primarily with the fundamental problem of the role of the judiciary in the federal system of Canadian government.

Canada is covered by a system of law and governance that largely obscures and ignores the presence of pre-existing Indigenous regimes.