Legal History

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Class Actions Controversy The Origins and Development of the Ontario Class Proceedings Act Irwin Law Inc.	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
From Class Actions in England, North America, and Australia From: Class Actions Controversy View Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter explores the debate on class action reform in Ontario, which was preceded by the origins of class actions and group proceedings in the Court of Chancery, the limited jurisprudence in …	Suzanne Chiodo	31	2018	$3.10 Add
From Class Actions Twenty Five Years On From: Class Actions Controversy View Irwin Law Inc.	Chapter 6 assesses the use of the CPA since its enactment, issues with class actions that the drafters of the CPA did not foresee, and how the Act’s history affects the practice of class …	Suzanne Chiodo	42	2018	$4.20 Add
From Collective Bargaining and Freedom of Association Pondering B.C. Health Services From: Public Law at the McLachlin Court View Irwin Law Inc.	In the British Columbia Health Services case, the Supreme Court of Canada surprised the labour law community by dramatically reversing twenty years of entrenched jurisprudence. Ever since the …	Thomas Kuttner	24	2011	$2.40 Add
From Comparing the Reports of the Ontario Law Reform Commission and the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee From: Class Actions Controversy View Irwin Law Inc.	Chapter 5 provides an analysis of why the Advisory Committee Report succeeded in forming the basis of a class action statute in Ontario, and why the OLRC Report did not.	Suzanne Chiodo	18	2018	$1.80 Add
From Constitutional Amendment, 1867-1982 From: Constitutional Law, 5/e View Irwin Law Inc.	Review of constitutional amendments between the enactment of the British North America Act, 1867 and the Canada Act, 1982.	Byron Shaw; Padraic Ryan; Patrick J. Monahan	23	2017	$2.30 Add
From Cottages, Covenants, and the Cold War Galbraith v. Madawaska Club From: Property on Trial View Irwin Law Inc.	Examination of the historical context of an Ontario case of the law of restrictive covenants.	Philip Girard	25	2012	$2.50 Add
From Criminal Justice in the McLachlin Court Many More Kudos Than Brickbats From: Public Law at the McLachlin Court View Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter is a review of the Court’s major rulings on substantive law, police powers, trial procedure, and evidence. Many are the Court’s major pronouncements as guardians of the …	Don Stuart	61	2011	$6.10 Add
From Crowded Streetcars, 1899–1903 From: Thirty Years' War View Irwin Law Inc.	Account of operational disputes between the City and the Toronto Railway Company, specifically in relation to the issue of overcrowding of streetcars.	C. Ian Kyer	15	2015	$1.50 Add
From Early Years From: Beverley McLachlin View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses McLachlin’s early life and childhood in rural Alberta. An overview of her family, school and early influences.	Ian Greene; Peter McCormick	15	2019	$1.50 Add
From NEW! Environmental Law From: The Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court View Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter focuses on the central principles of environmental law such as the principles of precaution, sustainable development and access to (environmental) justice. This part argues that the …	Jocelyn Stacey	32	2021	$3.20 Add
From Epilogue Lessons Learned From: Thirty Years' War View Irwin Law Inc.	Illustration of how the issues arising in the accounts of the transit dispute could be applied in a modern context.	C. Ian Kyer	11	2015	$1.10 Add
From NEW! Epilogue From: The Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court View Irwin Law Inc.		Robert Décary	6	2021	$0.60 Add
From Epilogue A Multitude of Changes but . . . From: Lawyers, Families, and Businesses View Irwin Law Inc.	Concludes by reflecting on the more recent history of the firm.	C. Ian Kyer	8	2013	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Fifty Years of Taxation at the Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court From: The Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court View Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter examines how the Federal Court jurisdiction over tax matters has changed over the past fifty years, and as a result, how the determination of the court’s jurisdiction has …	Annick Provencher	43	2021	$4.30 Add
From Finishing with the Old Regime, 1921–24 From: Thirty Years' War View Irwin Law Inc.	Account of the arbitration relating to the 1921 takeover of the Toronto Railway Company’s transit operations.	C. Ian Kyer	13	2015	$1.30 Add