03704nam 2200673 450 991046241710332120200520144314.01-4426-9921-310.3138/9781442699212(CKB)2670000000185824(OCoLC)793385416(CaPaEBR)ebrary10553793(SSID)ssj0000646495(PQKBManifestationID)11383557(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000646495(PQKBWorkID)10685799(PQKB)10244075(CEL)438815(CaBNVSL)slc00228666(MiAaPQ)EBC3279562(MiAaPQ)EBC4673016(DE-B1597)465250(OCoLC)979584934(DE-B1597)9781442699212(Au-PeEL)EBL4673016(CaPaEBR)ebr11258665(EXLCZ)99267000000018582420160926h20112011 uy 0engurcn||||||a||txtccrLawyers and legal culture in British North America Beamish Murdoch of Halifax /Philip GirardToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2011.©20111 online resource (297 p.) Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History1-4426-4410-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Antecedents -- 3. Apprenticeship -- 4. The Legal Profession in Nova Scotia: Organization and Mobility -- 5. The Making of a Colonial Lawyer, 1822-7 -- 6. The Maturing of a Colonial Lawyer, 1828-50 -- 7. The Politics of a Colonial Lawyer: Murdoch, Howe, and Responsible Government -- 8. Law and Politics in the Colonial City: Murdoch as Recorder of Halifax, 1850-60 -- 9. Law, Identity, and Improvement: Murdoch as Cultural Producer -- 10. Epilogue -- 11. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- IndexFrom award-winning biographer Philip Girard, Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America is the first history of the legal profession in Canada to emphasize its cross-provincial similarities and its deep roots in the colonial period. Girard details how nineteenth-century British North American lawyers created a distinctive Canadian template for the profession by combining the strong collective governance of the English tradition with the high degree of creativity and client responsiveness characteristic of U.S. lawyers - a mix that forms the basis of the legal profession in Canada today.Girard provides a unique window on the interconnections between lawyers' roles as community leaders and as legal professionals. Centred on one pre-Confederation lawyer whose career epitomizes the trends of his day, Beamish Murdoch (1800-1876), Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America makes an important and compelling contribution to Canadian legal history.Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.LawyersNova ScotiaBiographyPractice of lawNova ScotiaHistory19th centuryHalifax (N.S.)BiographyElectronic books.LawyersPractice of lawHistory340.092Girard Philip949736Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462417103321Lawyers and legal culture in British North America2146665UNINA