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

• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, , 2008; ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (489 p.)
• Disciplina: 340.0971
• Soggetto topico: Law - Canada - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): PhillipsJim; McMurtryRoy; SaywellJohn T.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Essays in the history of Canadian law
• ISBN: 1-4426-8951-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456784303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Essays in the history of Canadian law ; ; v. 10.