The Promise and Perils of Law
Lawyers in Canadian History
- Publisher
- Irwin Law Inc.
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2009
- Category
- Legal History
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781552211663
- Publish Date
- Apr 2009
- List Price
- $54.00
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Description
The papers that make up this volume were produced on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the opening of Osgoode Hall, one of Toronto’s landmark buildings. This event presented a unique opportunity for reflection on the legal profession and its role in Canadian history. The “legal profession” is simultaneously a trade organization, a corporate ideology, an important cultural actor, and an aggregation of individuals known both for their zealous pursuit of their clients’ interests and for their assertive individualism. This book offers essays that seek to add to the understanding of Canada’s legal profession and to provide a background to inform conversation concerning its past, present, and future.
About the authors
Constance Backhouse is a professor of law, distinguished university professor, and university research chair at the University of Ottawa. She obtained her B.A. from the University of Manitoba (1972), her LL.B. from Osgoode Hall (1975), and her LL.M. from Harvard Law School (1979). She was called to the Ontario Bar in 1978. She teaches feminist law, criminal law, human rights, and labour law. She is the author of many award-winning legal history books, including Petticoats & Prejudice: Women and Law in Nineteenth-Century Canada (1991), Colour-Coded: A Legal History of Racism in Canadian Law, 1900–1950 (1999) and The Heiress vs. the Establishment: Mrs. Campbell's Campaign for Legal Justice (2004). She received the Law Society Medal in 1998 and an Honorary Doctorate from the Law Society of Upper Canada in 2002. She has served as an elected bencher of the Law Society from 2002. She became a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2004.
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Wes Pue holds the Nemetz Chair in Legal History at the University of British Columbia. His research interests extend to the histories of legal professions, comparative legal history, and issues related to constitutionalism and policing. He is Editor of the University of British Columbia Press' "Law and Society" book series. Appointed Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research in July 2003, he was called to the Bars of the Northwest Territories and Alberta (1981) and has served as President of the Canadian Law and Society Association. He has held faculty positions or visiting professorships in Canada, the USA, England, and Australia.
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Royally Wronged
The Royal Society of Canada and Indigenous Peoples
Deux grandes dames: Bertha Wilson et Claire L’Heureux-Dubé à la Cour suprême du Canada
Les deux premières femmes à la Cour suprême du Canada
Two Firsts
Bertha Wilson and Claire L'Heureux Dubé at the Supreme Court of Canada
Two Firsts
Bertha Wilson and Claire L’Heureux-Dubé at the Supreme Court of Canada
Claire L’Heureux-Dubé
A Life
Petticoats and Prejudice - Women's Press Classics
Women and Law in Nineteenth-Century Canada
14 Arguments in Favour of Human Rights Institutions
The Heiress vs the Establishment
Mrs. Campbell's Campaign for Legal Justice
People and Place
Historical Influences on Legal Culture
