Provincial Justice : : Upper Canadian Legal Portraits / / ed. by Robert L. Fraser.
In the formative years of Ontario's history, the law loomed large, as a profession, a preoccupation of legislators, a subject of debate and controversy, and a force that many citizens found themselves up against. Robert Fraser has drawn from the pages of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography the...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©1992 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Heritage
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (470 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- General Introduction -- Preface -- 'All the privileges which Englishmen possess': Order, Rights, and Constitutionalism in Upper Canada -- Officialdom: The Judiciary and Crown Officers -- The Legal Profession -- The Accused -- The Critics and the Causes Célèbres -- Contributors -- Index |
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Summary: | In the formative years of Ontario's history, the law loomed large, as a profession, a preoccupation of legislators, a subject of debate and controversy, and a force that many citizens found themselves up against. Robert Fraser has drawn from the pages of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography the stories of sixty people who played a key role in the legal history of Upper Canada.Told in a readable style that has been much praised, these profiles contain information that bears the authoritative stamp of the DCB volumes from which they come. They add a valuable personal dimension to Ontario's legal history. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781442678880 9783110490947 |
DOI: | 10.3138/9781442678880 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Robert L. Fraser. |