| Description |
1 online resource (605 pages) |
| Series |
Essays in the History of Canadian Law ; v. VI |
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Essays in the History of Canadian Law
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| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Hard Choices and Sharp Edges: The Legal History of British Columbia and the Yukon -- PART I: ABORIGINAL PEOPLE AND THE LAW -- 2 Letting Go the Bone: The Idea of Indian Title in British Columbia, 1849-1927 -- 3 'Where Is the Justice, Mr Mills?': A Case Study of R. v. Nantuck -- 4 Tonto's Due: Law, Culture, and Colonization in British Columbia -- PART II: VICE, CRIME, AND POLICING -- 5 Swift Justice and the Decline of the Criminal Trial Jury: The Dynamics of Law and Authority in Victoria, BC, 1858-1905 -- 6 A Distant Edge of Authority: Capital Punishment and the Prerogative of Mercy in British Columbia, 1872-1880 -- 7 Vancouver Vice: The Police and the Negotiation of Morality, 1904-1935 -- 8 The Making of Criminal Insanity in British Columbia: Granby Farrant and the Provincial Mental Home, Colquitz, 1919-1933 -- PART III: RELIGION AND EDUCATION -- 9 Judgments of Solomon: Law, Doctrine, and the Cridge Controversy of 1872-1874 -- 10 Creating 'Slaves of Satan' or 'New Canadians'?: The Law, Education, and the Socialization of Doukhobor Children, 1911-1935 -- PART IV: LABOUR AND SOCIAL WELFARE -- 11 After Union Colliery: Law, Race, and Class in the Coalmines of British Columbia -- 12 For God, Country, and the Public Purse: 'Liberal' Politics and the Campaign for Family Courts in British Columbia, 1939-1945 -- PART V: THE LEGAL PROFESSION -- 13 Fighting Spirits: The Yukon Legal Profession, 1898-1912 -- 14 Exclusionary Tactics: The History of Women and Visible Minorities in the Legal Profession in British Columbia -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Publications of The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History |
| Summary |
These essays look at key social, economic, and political issues of the times and show how they influenced the developing legal system |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Law -- Canada -- History and criticism
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Law.
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Canada.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McLaren, John
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| LC no. |
82136585 |
| ISBN |
9781442657021 |
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1442657022 |
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9780802071514 |
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0802071511 |
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