Legal History
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From  NEW! IntroductionFrom: Bench Strength |
In this chapter, Harnsih examines the Supreme Court of Canada’s shifting approach to income tax law between 1920 and 2019. | Kerry Harnish | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
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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 |
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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 |
 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 |
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From  Judicial Activism before the CharterFrom: Supreme Court on Trial |
Discussion of pre-Charter cases where the striking down of laws infringing civil liberties was criticized as judicial activism. | Kent Roach | 19 | 2016 | $1.90 Add |
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From  KVPRiparian Resurrection in 20th Century Ontario From: Property on Trial |
Examination of a mid-twentieth-century riparian rights case and how it affected the state of water quality law. | Jamie Benidickson | 22 | 2012 | $2.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Labour and Human Rights |
This chapter examines nineteen decisions regarding human rights and labour law that the authors argue are representative of the jurisprudence of the Federal Courts in these areas in the second … | Carolyn Carter | 43 | 2021 | $4.30 Add |
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From  L’arrêt KappL’interprétation du paragraphe 15(1) de la Charte (enfin) recentrée sur son objet égalitaire de non-discrimination |
The Law case has been highly criticized by numerous legal academics for requiring plaintiffs to prove a breach of human dignity in section 15 equality rights cases under the Charter. In Kapp, … | Daniel Proulx | 26 | 2011 | $2.60 Add |
 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 |
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From Laying the Groundwork for Conflict, 1891–92From: Thirty Years' War |
Account of the end of the franchise of the Toronto Street Railway Company and the need to replace it. | C. Ian Kyer | 16 | 2015 | $1.60 Add |
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From Le poids de l’histoireles années McLachlin et la liberté de religion |
The thesis defended here is that during the McLachlin years, the Supreme Court has conceptualized freedom of religion very much as its predecessors did—that is, an idea shaped by its … | Nathalie Des Rosiers | 17 | 2011 | $1.70 Add |
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From Les décisions de la juge McLachlin à la Cour suprême du Canadaune analyse statistique comparative |
With the use of statistics, this article reflects on and asks questions about how to best understand the opinions taken by Beverley McLachlin C.J. in the body of judgments rendered by the Supreme … | Anik Lamontagne; Marie-Claire Belleau; Rebecca Johnson | 15 | 2011 | $1.50 Add |
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From Manitoba Fisheries v The QueenThe Origins of Canada's De Facto Expropriation Doctrine From: Property on Trial |
Examination of a 1978 Supreme Court of Canada case regarding a federal statute involving expropriation by regulation of property rather than by taking title. | Jeremy Martin; Jim Phillips | 43 | 2012 | $4.30 Add |
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From  Maritime Law Jurisdiction in Canada |
Examination of the factual, policy, and legislative elements affecting the evolution of jurisdictional issues in maritime law. | Aldo Chircop; Edgar Gold | 53 | 2016 | $5.30 Add |
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From  Edmonton to VancouverFrom: Beverley McLachlin |
An overview of McLachlin’s university studies and her early career in law. Takes you through her time at the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia. A brief overview … | Ian Greene; Peter McCormick | 24 | 2019 | $2.40 Add |
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From Minders, Grinders, and Robertson, 1919–38 |
Discusses the firm from the years 1919-38, some of which the firm was under Alex Fasken’s leadership. Other important details of that time frame are touched upon. | C. Ian Kyer | 40 | 2013 | $4.00 Add |
