The Thousandth Man : : A Biography of James McGregor Stewart / / Barry Cahill.

James McGregor Stewart (1889-1955) was perhaps the foremost Canadian corporate lawyer of his day. He was also an appellate counsel, venture capitalist, Conservative Party fundraiser, bibliographer of Rudyard Kipling, and sometime university teacher of classics. A leader of the bar in the inter-war p...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2000
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword: THE OSGOODE SOCIETY FOR CANADIAN LEGAL HISTORY
  • Foreword: VIVIAN S . MORRISON
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART ONE: Dalhousian, Pictonian, Presbyterian
  • 1 'Lad O' Pairts'
  • 2 'Undesirable Elect Dalhousie Cripple'
  • 3 Religion and Love
  • PART TWO: Bar and Privy Council
  • 4 Prime Serjeant
  • PART THREE: Nova Scotia Incorporated
  • 5 Business Law Man
  • 6 The Alter Ego
  • 7 The 'Royal Family'
  • PART FOUR: National Affairs
  • 8 Royal Commissionaire
  • 9 Coal Bed of Procrustes
  • PART FIVE: Swansong
  • 10 Victim, Protégé, Master
  • 11 Twilight of the God
  • Appendix A: The Law Firm's Names, 1867-1955
  • Appendix B: Profile of Stewart's Corporate Career, 1914-1955
  • Appendix C: The Law Firm's Major Corporate Clients, 1909-1955
  • Notes
  • Picture Credits
  • Index
  • Backmatter