Legal History
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() Class Actions ControversyThe Origins and Development of the Ontario Class Proceedings Act |
Winner of the 2019 Peter Oliver Prize in Canadian Legal History Shortlisted for the Speaker’s Book Award 2019 The Ontario Class Proceedings Act, 1992 represented a major innovation in civil … | Suzanne Chiodo | 302 | 2018 | View |
![]() Jeannie’s DemiseAbortion on Trial in Victorian Toronto |
August 1, 1875, Toronto: The body of a young woman is discovered in a pine box, half-buried in a ditch along Bloor Street. So begins Jeannie’s Demise, a real-life Victorian melodrama that … | Ian Radforth | 198 | 2020 | View |
![]() Lawyers, Families, and BusinessesThe Shaping of a Bay Street Law Firm, Faskens 1863-1963 |
In Lawyers, Families, and Businesses: The Shaping of a Bay Street Law Firm, Faskens 1863–1963, noted lawyer and historian, Ian Kyer, provides a superbly researched and fascinating study of … | C. Ian Kyer | 337 | 2013 | View |
![]() Property on TrialCanadian Cases in Context |
Co-Published with the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History Property on Trial is a collection of 14 studies of Canadian property law disputes — some well-known, some more obscure … | Bruce Ziff; Eric Tucker; James Muir | 545 | 2012 | View |
![]() Public Law at the McLachlin CourtThe First Decade |
Beverley McLachlin was sworn in as the seventeenth Chief Justice of Canada on 7 January 2000. This book focuses on constitutional and administrative law decisions rendered in the first decade of … | Adam M. Dodek; David A. Wright | 447 | 2011 | View |
![]() NEW! The Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court50 Years of History |
The Federal Court of Appeal and Federal Court are unique among Canada’s courts because they are itinerant — they hear cases in all parts of Canada — as well as being bilingual … | Craig Forcese; Ian Greene; Martine Valois; Peter McCormick | 682 | 2021 | View |
![]() Thirty Years’ WarThe Failed Public/Private Partnership that Spurred the Creation of the Toronto Transit Commission, 1891-1921 |
Between 1891 and 1921, the Toronto Railway Company operated Toronto’s streetcars under a franchise granted by the City. The arrangement brought the City a modern electric streetcar system, … | C. Ian Kyer | 257 | 2015 | View |
From ![]() IntroductionFrom: Property on Trial |
Background to the case studies chosen for the book and the themes and issues they represent. | James Muir | 8 | 2012 | $0.80 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionFrom: Law of Contracts, 2/e |
Introduction to the study of contract law by outlining the topics covered in the book. | John McCamus | 28 | 2012 | $2.80 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionFrom: Thirty Years' War |
Background to the legal battles between the City of Toronto and its transit provider in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. | C. Ian Kyer | 13 | 2015 | $1.30 Add |
From ![]() Introduction: Convergence of Disciplines |
Discussion of the history, sources, and subjects of international and transnational criminal law, plus considerations of enforcement and international cooperation. | Joseph Rikhof; Robert Currie | 49 | 2014 | $4.90 Add |
From ![]() Overview |
Provides an introduction to the existing scholarship on the history of class actions. | Suzanne Chiodo | 14 | 2018 | $1.40 Add |
From ![]() Preface |
Explains what drew the author to this project. Acknowledgments are also made. | C. Ian Kyer | 6 | 2013 | $0.60 Add |
From ![]() PrefaceFrom: Jeannie's Demise |
Ian Radforth | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add | |
From ![]() The First Decade of the 21st CenturyThe Supreme Court of Canada in Context |
The Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin, P.C. gives her perspective on her first decade as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. | Beverley McLachlin | 10 | 2011 | $1.00 Add |
From ![]() Address to the Electors of TerrebonneFrom: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
Text of 1840 speech by Louis-Hyppolyte Fontaine promoting responsible government. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 4 | 2015 | $0.40 Add |