History Pre-confederation (to 1867)
Provincial Justice
Upper Canadian Legal Portraits
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Dec 1992
- Category
- Pre-Confederation (to 1867), History & Theory, Legal History
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780802074041
- Publish Date
- Dec 1992
- List Price
- $47.95
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Description
In the formative years of Ontario's history, the law loomed large, as a profession, a preoccupation of legislators, a subject of debate and controversy, and a force that many citizens found themselves up against. Robert Fraser has drawn from the pages of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography the stories of sixty people who played a key role in the legal history of Upper Canada.
Told in a readable style that has been much praised, these profiles contain information that bears the authoritative stamp of the DCB volumes from which they come. They add a valuable personal dimension to Ontario's legal history.
About the author
Robert Fraser is the executive officer of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.