Legal History

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Seeking Victory By Other Means, 1912–14 From: Thirty Years' War View Irwin Law Inc.	Account of the City’s attempt to purchase the Toronto Railway Company and the Toronto Electric Light Company.	C. Ian Kyer	10	2015	$1.00 Add
From Select Bibliography Canadian Property Law Histories From: Property on Trial View Irwin Law Inc.	List of case studies and other works used as source material for the essays in the collection.	Bruce Ziff; Eric Tucker; James Muir	6	2012	$0.60 Add
From NEW! The Administrative Independence of the Federal Courts A Case for Reform From: The Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court View Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter argues that judicial independence is a pillar of our constitutional democracy and as such is a principle anchored in the Canadian state structure and recognized as essential to the …	Martine Valois	37	2021	$3.70 Add
From The Busy Harbours of Canadian Federalism The Division of Powers and Its Doctrines in the McLachlin Court From: Public Law at the McLachlin Court View Irwin Law Inc.	The past fifty years of division of powers jurisprudence has been more about the doctrines and methods of analysis of legal federalism—pith and substance, double aspect, ancillary powers, …	Peter C Oliver	33	2011	$3.30 Add
From The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition View Emond Montgomery	Excerpts of parliamentary debates by John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier from 1865 regarding the proposed federal union.	Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell	8	2015	$0.80 Add
From The Courts and Canadian Federalism From Watertight Compartments to Shared Responsibility From: Constitutional Law, 5/e View Irwin Law Inc.	Review of how constitutional cases decided by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council interpreted the division of legislative powers and affected the subsequent development of shared jurisdiction.	Byron Shaw; Padraic Ryan; Patrick J. Monahan	20	2017	$2.00 Add
From "The courts have turned women into slaves for the men of this world" Irene Murdoch's Quest for Justice From: Property on Trial View Irwin Law Inc.	Examination of a 1973 Supreme Court of Canada decision on marital property rights from the perspective of the wife’s lawyer and in the context of a feminist movement for law reform.	Angela Cameron; Angela Chaisson; Vanessa Gruben	34	2012	$3.40 Add
From The Duty to Consult Aboriginal Peoples Government Approaches to Unresolved Issues From: Public Law at the McLachlin Court View Irwin Law Inc.	The Aboriginal jurisprudence of the McLachlin Court encourages governments and Aboriginal communities to reach negotiated solutions to land and harvesting disputes without resort to litigation. …	Lori Sterline; Peter Landmann	22	2011	$2.20 Add
From The Early Campaign for Reform and the OLRC Report From: Class Actions Controversy View Irwin Law Inc.	Chapter 3 covers the period from the early 1970s, when class actions began to be discussed in Ontario in the context of federal competition legislation and provincial consumer protection laws, to …	Suzanne Chiodo	42	2018	$4.20 Add
From The Endless American Debate From: Supreme Court on Trial View Irwin Law Inc.	Outline of the debate over judicial activism in relation to the manner in which the United States Supreme Court has interpreted the Bill of Rights.	Kent Roach	22	2016	$2.20 Add
From The Evolution of Canadian Immigration Law From: Immigration Law, 2/e View Irwin Law Inc.	Examination of the historical development of immigration law.	Donald Galloway; Jamie Chai Yun Liew	29	2015	$2.90 Add
From NEW! The Federal Court — Looking to the Future From: The Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court View Irwin Law Inc.	In this chapter, Chief Justice Paul Crampton explores the future of the Federal Court while keeping mindful of the uncertain nature and extent of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, and …	Paul Crampton	27	2021	$2.70 Add
From NEW! The Federal Court of Appeal Caseload and Decision-Making From: The Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court View Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter describes the judicial highway in terms of the type and volume and flow of its traffic, with some attention to how this is evolving over time. Describing a court in terms of its …	Peter McCormick	28	2021	$2.80 Add
NEW! The Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court 50 Years of History Irwin Law Inc.	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
From NEW! The Federal Court of Appeal in the Judicial System Appeals to the Supreme Court From: The Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court View Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter examines the “in between” of the Appeals to the Supreme Court, of which only a modest (and shrinking) proportion of which is accepted for full review.	Peter McCormick	22	2021	$2.20 Add
From NEW! The Federal Courts and Administrative Law From: The Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court View Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter examines the Federal Courts’ relevance to the interpretation and application of federal law, administrative law, and private law matters.	Paul Daly	28	2021	$2.80 Add