Inside the Law : : Canadian Law Firms in Historical Perspective / / Carol Wilton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Wilton, Carol,
• MitwirkendeR: Benidickson, Jamie,; Brawn, Dale,; Cahill, Barry,; Cole, Curtis,; Girard, Philip,; Hagan, John,; Hamill, Declan Brendan,; Honsberger, John D.,; Kay, Fiona,; Klassen, Henry C.,; Knafla, Louis A.,; Kyer, C. Ian,; Marchildon, Gregory P.,; Regehr, T.D.,; Roy, Reginald H.,; Sworden, Philip J.,; Wilton, Carol,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (620 p.)

Law firms are important economic institutions in this country: they collect hundreds of millions of dollars annually in fees, they order the affairs of businesses and of many government agencies, and their members include some of the most influential Canadians. Some firms have a history stretching back nearly two hundred years, and many are over a century old. Yet the history of law firms in Canada has remained largely unknown. This collection of essays, Volume VII in the Osgoode Society's series of Essays in the History of Canadian Law, is the first focused study of a variety of law firms and how they have evolved over a century and a half, from the golden age of the sole practitioner in the pre-industrial era to the recent rise of the mega-firm. The volume as a whole is an exploration of the impact of economic and social change on law-firm culture and organization. The introduction by Carol Wilton provides a chronological overview of Canadian law-firm evolution and emphasizes the distinctiveness of Canadian law-firm history.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Inside the Law – Canadian Law Firms in Historical Perspective -- 2. The Making of a Colonial Lawyer: Beamish Murdoch of Halifax, 1822–1842 -- 3. Aemilius Irving: Solicitor to the Great Western Railway, 1855–1872 -- 4. The Campbell, Meredith Firm of Montreal: A Case-Study of the Role of Canadian Business Lawyers, 1895–1913 -- 5. The Transformation of an Establishment Firm: From Beatty Blackstock to Faskens, 1902–1915 -- 6. Élite Relationships, Partnership Arrangements, and Nepotism at Blakes, a Toronto Law Firm, 1858–1942 -- 7. The George F. Downes Firm in the Development of Edmonton and Its Region, 1903–1930 -- 8. Corporate Entrepreneurship in Atlantic Canada: The Stewart Law Firm, 1915–1955 -- 9. Goodall and Cairns: Commercial, Corporate, and Energy Law in Alberta, 1920–1942 -- 10. A Family Firm in Transition: Osier, Hoskin & Harcourt in the 1950s and 1960s -- 11. Dominant Professionals: The Role of Large-Firm Lawyers in Manitoba -- 12. Raymond and Honsberger: A Small Firm That Stayed Small, 1889–1989 -- 13. ‘A Small United Nations’: The Hamilton Firm of Millar, Alexander, Tokiwa, and Isaacs, 1962–1993 -- 14. Law on the Pacific Coast: Bull, Housser and Tupper, 1945–1990 -- 15. Hierarchy in Practice: The Significance of Gender in Ontario Law Firms -- Index -- Backmatter