Essays in the History of Canadian Law

Volume II

Edited by David H. Flaherty
Categories: History, Canadian History, Law & Legal Studies, Legal History
Series: Essays in the History of Canadian Law
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Paperback : 9781442613584, 612 pages, October 2011
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Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Contributors

1. Instruments of Commerce and Authority: The Civil Courts in Upper Canada 1789-1812
2. Legal Education in Upper Canada 1785-1889: The law Society as Educator
3. 'The Ten Thousand Pound Job': Political Corruption, Equitable Jurisdiction, and the Public Interest in Upper Canada 1852-6
4. Nineteenth-Century Canadian Rape-Law 1800-92
5. Law and Ideology: The Toronto Police Court 1850-80
6. The Kamloops Outlaws and Commissions of Assize in Nineteenth-Century British Colombia
7. Private Rights and Public Purposes in the Lakes, Rivers, and Streams of Ontario 1870-1930
8. 'The Nuisance of Litigation': The Origins of Workers' Compensation in Ontario
9. The Evolution of the Ontario Courts 1788-1981

Table of Cases
Index

Description

This volume is the second in the Essays in the History of Canadian Law series, designed to illustrate the wide possibilities for research and writing in Canadian legal history. In combination, these volumes reflect the wide-ranging scope of legal history as an intellectual discipline andencourage others to pursue important avenues of inquiry on all aspects of our legal past.

Topics include the role of civil courts in Upper Canada; legal education; political corruption; nineteenth-century Canadian rape law; the Toronto Police Court; the Kamloops outlaws and commissions of assize in nineteenth-century British Columbia; private rights and public purposes in Ontario waterways; the origins of workers' compensation in Ontario; and the evolution of the Ontario courts. Contributors include Brendan O'Brien, Peter N. Oliver, William N.T. Wylie, G. Blaine Baker, Paul Romney, Constance B. Backhouse, Paul Craven, Hamar Foster, Jamie Bendickson, R.C.B. Risk, and Margaret A. Banks.

Reviews

'This well researched and lucidly written collection is placed extremely well in the social, economic and political history of the subject.'

- Albert Kiralfy

'From almost every standpoint it is an exceptional accomplishment. The mature scholarship in this volume testifies again to the careful and insistent hand of editor Flaherty.'

- Bradley Adams

'Both the Osgoode Society and Professor Flaherty are to be commended for their parts in fostering and publishing these works of significant quality.'

- John P.S. McLaren