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- New from McGill-Queen's: Cahill, Professional Autonomy and the Public Interest The Barristers' Society and Nova Scotia's Lawyers, 1825–2005
Barry Cahill , Professional Autonomy and the Public Interest The Barristers’ Society and Nova Scotia’s Lawyers, 1825–2005 (McGill-Queen’s UP. 2019)Publisher’s blurb: In this institutional history of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society from its inception to the Legal Profession Act of 2005, Barry Cah … Read more »
- Reminder: Book Launch today (November 7, 2019) at Osgoode Hall
ANNUAL BOOK LAUNCHJoin us for the Osgoode Society’s Annual Book Launch on November 7 from 5:00 to 7:30 in Convocation Hall at Osgoode Hall, 130 Queen Street West.We are celebrating the publication of two fine works of legal history:Connecting the Dots: The Life of an Academic Lawyer by Harry Arthurs … Read more »
- Final legal history for legal professionals evening for 2019, Monday November 25th
Our final legal history for legal professionals evening will take place on Monday, November 25th at Osgoode Hall, 130 Queen St. West, Toronto.Come to hear our R. Roy McMurtry Fellows discuss the fascinating research in the history of Canadian law and the legal profession that won them this award! Pl … Read more »
- Friday, October 18–Justice Sharpe on the Persons Case
On the 90th anniversary of the Persons case decision, Justice Robert Sharpe will present a lecture based on his book, The Persons Case, which he co-authored with Patricia McMahon. The 1929 Persons Case, declaring women to be legal “persons” and thus eligible for appointment to Canada’s Senate, is o … Read more »
- McNeil, Flawed Precedent: The St. Catharine's Case and Aboriginal Title
Via the Legal History Blog (which always gets notifications before I do :(Kent McNeil (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University) has published Flawed Precedent: The St. Catherine’s Case and Aboriginal Title in UBC Press’ Landmark Cases in Canadian Law series. From the publisher:In 1888, the Judicial … Read more »