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- Call for papers on prisons, prisoners and prison records in historical perspectiveSeptember 18, 2018
(via Don Fyson)A WORKSHOP TO EXAMINE PRISONS, PRISONERS AND PRISON RECORDS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVEApril 23‐24 2019 University of Guelph, CanadaThe rise of the prison as an institution of mass incarceration for offenders has for long fascinated researchers. In part, this is due to the unusually det … Read more »
- Koester dissertation "The Public Good: Eugenics and Law in Ontario, 1910 to 1938"September 11, 2018
Elizabeth Koester successfully defended her doctoral dissertation “The Public Good: Eugenics and Law in Ontario, 1910 to 1938” on September 7, 2018. In it, she used three aspects of law – private members’ bills, royal commissions and a sensational criminal trial – to investigate the little-known his … Read more »
- Fernandez, Pierson v. Post, The Hunt for the Fox: Law and Professionalization in American Legal CultureSeptember 5, 2018
(Reposted from Dan Ernst at the Legal History Blog. Angela advises that Chapters 2 and 7 will be of interest to Canadian legal historians. And that Cambridge UP has told her the publication date will be September 27.)Fernandez’s Pierson v. Post: The Hunt for the FoxCambridge University Press still l … Read more »
- Osgoode Society Legal History Workshop, schedule for fall term, 2018August 31, 2018
Here is the schedule for the fall term. Everyone welcome to all or any of the sessions (you will want to email Jim at j.phillips@utoronto.ca to get on the distribution list to receive papers).OSGOODE SOCIETY LEGAL HISTORY WORKSHOP, 2018-2019FALL TERM SCHEDULEAll sessions held in Room J230, Jackman H … Read more »
- Blaine Baker obit in Globe and MailAugust 18, 2018
Obit from the Globe, 18 August 2018PROFESSOR EMERITUS GEORGE BLAINE BAKERJune 9, 1952 – July 11, 2018Blaine passed away at 66 years. Predeceased by his father, George Grant Baker QC, his mother, Muriel Isabel Baker, and his brother, Eric William Baker. He is survived by his sister, Jill Elizabeth Ba … Read more »