1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456784303321

Titolo

Essays in the history of Canadian law . Volume X A tribute to Peter N. Oliver / / edited by Jim Phillips, Roy McMurtry, John T. Saywell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4426-8951-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (489 p.)

Collana

Essays in the History of Canadian Law ; ; 10

Disciplina

340.0971

Soggetti

Law - Canada - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction Peter Oliver and the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History -- Part One. Criminal Justice: Law, Policy, and the Limits of the Criminal Sanction -- 1. Rape in the House of Commons: The Prosecution of Louis Auger, Ottawa, 1929 / Backhouse, Constance -- 2. Wardens and Prisoners: Aspects of Prison Culture in Ontario, 1874-1914 / Berkovits, Joseph Ashley -- 3. 'Perverts a Menace': The Development of the Criminal Sexual Psychopath Offence, 1948 / Brode, Patrick -- 4. The Law of Rules: Prosecuting Railway Workers in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Ontario / Craven, Paul -- Part Two. The Judiciary: Ideology, Legitimacy, and Politics -- 5. Politics, Promotion, and Professionalism: Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Judicial Appointments / Girard, Philip -- 6. 'High above the Generality of the People': The Ideological Origins of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court Circuit / Phillips, Jim -- 7. Judicial Scandal and the Culture of Patronage in Early Confederation, 1867-78 / Swainger, Jonathan -- Part Three. Legal Thought and the Legal Profession: Contested Conceptions of Law and Lawyers -- 8. Strategic Benthamism: Rehabilitating United Canada's Bar through Criminal Law Codification, 1847-54 / Baker, G. Blaine -- 9. The Rule of Law and Irish Whig Constitutionalism in Upper Canada: William Warren Baldwin, the 'Irish



Opposition,' and the Volunteer Connection / McLaren, John -- Part Four. New Directions in Legal History - Private Law, International Law, Low Law, and Informal Law -- 10. Diplomacy, International Law, and Foreign Fishing in Newfoundland, 1814-30: Revisiting the 1815 Treaty of Paris and the 1818 Convention / Baehre, Rainer -- 11. Social Workers, Courts, and the Implementation of the Children of Unmarried Parents Act, 1921-69 / Chambers, Lori -- 12. The David Fasken Estate: Estate Planning and Social History in Early Twentieth-Century Ontario / Kyer, C. Ian -- 13. Squatters' Rights and the Origins of Edmonton Settlement / Ziff, Bruce / Ward, Sean -- Contributors -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

Written to honour the life and work of the late Peter N. Oliver, the distinguished historian and editor-in-chief of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History from 1979-2006, this collection assembles the finest legal scholars to reflect on the issues in and development of the field of legal history in Canada.Covering a broad range of topics, this volume examines developments over the last two hundred years in the legal profession and the judiciary, nineteenth-century prison history, as well as the impact of the 1815 Treaty of Paris. The introduction also provides insight into the history of the Osgoode Society and of Oliver's essential role in it, along with an illuminating analysis of the Society's publications program, which produced sixty-six books during his tenure.A fitting tribute to one of the foremost legal historians, this tenth volume of Essays in the History of Canadian Law is a significant contribution to the discipline to which Oliver devoted so much.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455573303321

Titolo

China's growing role in world trade [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Robert C. Feenstra and Shang-jin Wei

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-53727-X

9786612537271

0-226-23972-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (603 p.)

Collana

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Altri autori (Persone)

FeenstraRobert C

WeiShang-Jin

Disciplina

382.0951

Soggetti

International trade

Electronic books.

China Commerce

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Anatomy of China's Export Growth -- 2. What Accounts for the Rising Sophistication of China's Exports? -- 3. China's Local Comparative Advantage -- 4. China and the Manufacturing Exports of Other Developing Countries -- 5. China's Exports and Employment -- 6. Exporting Deflation? -- 7. China's Current Account and Exchange Rate -- 8. China's WTO Entry -- 9. China's Experience under the Multi-Fiber Arrangement (MFA) and the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) -- 10. Agricultural Trade Reform and Rural Prosperity -- 11. Trade Growth, Production Fragmentation, and China's Environment -- 12. Please Pass the Catch- Up -- 13. Facts and Fallacies about U.S. FDI in China -- 14. China's Outward Foreign Direct Investment -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

In less than three decades, China has grown from playing a negligible role in international trade to being one of the world's largest exporters, a substantial importer of raw materials, intermediate outputs, and other goods, and both a recipient and source of foreign investment.



Not surprisingly, China's economic dynamism has generated considerable attention and concern in the United States and beyond. While some analysts have warned of the potential pitfalls of China's rise-the loss of jobs, for example-others have highlighted the benefits of new market and investment opportunities for US firms. Bringing together an expert group of contributors, China's Growing Role in World Trade undertakes an empirical investigation of the effects of China's new status. The essays collected here provide detailed analyses of the microstructure of trade, the macroeconomic implications, sector-level issues, and foreign direct investment. This volume's careful examination of micro data in light of established economic theories clarifies a number of misconceptions, disproves some conventional wisdom, and documents data patterns that enhance our understanding of China's trade and what it may mean to the rest of the world.