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Sharpe, Robert J., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Persons Case : The Origins and Legacy of the Fight for Legal Personhood / Patricia I. McMahon, Robert J. Sharpe. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2022] ©2008 1 online resource (272 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword: The Osgoode Society For Canadian Legal History -- Preface -- Introduction: ‘A Relic of Days More Barbarous Than Ours’ -- 1 First of the Five -- 2 The Other Four -- 3 Women and the Law: The Trials of Legal Personhood -- 4 Emily Murphy’s Senate Campaign -- 5 Going to Court -- 6 The Supreme Court of Canada -- 7 The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the Canadian Constitution -- 8 Waiting to Be Heard -- 9 The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Decides -- 10 The Political, Cultural, and Legal Legacy of the Persons -- Notes -- Archival Sources -- Facsimile of the Amended Petition – November 1927 -- Illustration Credits -- Index -- Publications of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star On 18 October 1929, John Sankey, England's reform-minded Lord Chancellor, ruled in the Persons case that women were eligible for appointment to Canada's Senate. Initiated by Edmonton judge Emily Murphy and four other activist women, the Persons case challenged the exclusion of women from Canada's upper house and the idea that the meaning of the constitution could not change with time. The Persons Case considers the case in its political and social context and examines the lives of the key players: Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, and the other members of the "famous five," the politicians who opposed the appointment of women, the lawyers who argued the case, and the judges who decided it. Robert J. Sharpe and Patricia I. McMahon examine the Persons case as a pivotal moment in the struggle for women's rights and as one of the most important constitutional decisions in Canadian history. Lord Sankey's decision overruled the Supreme Court of Canada's judgment that the courts could not depart from the original intent of the framers of Canada's constitution in 1867. Describing the constitution as a "living tree," the decision led to a reassessment of the nature of the constitution itself. After the Persons case, it could no longer be viewed as fixed and unalterable, but had to be treated as a document that, in the words of Sankey, was in "a continuous process of evolution." The Persons Case is a comprehensive study of this important event, examining the case itself, the ruling of the Privy Council, and the profound affect that it had on women's rights and the constitutional history of Canada. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Persons (Law) Canada History. Political rights Canada History. Women Legal status, laws, etc Canada History. Women Legal status, laws, etc. Canada History. Women's rights Canada History. LAW / Legal History. bisacsh McMahon, Patricia I., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut McMurtry, R. Roy, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Phillips, Jim, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110490954 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442684980 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442684980 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781442684980/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword: The Osgoode Society For Canadian Legal History -- Preface -- Introduction: ‘A Relic of Days More Barbarous Than Ours’ -- 1 First of the Five -- 2 The Other Four -- 3 Women and the Law: The Trials of Legal Personhood -- 4 Emily Murphy’s Senate Campaign -- 5 Going to Court -- 6 The Supreme Court of Canada -- 7 The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the Canadian Constitution -- 8 Waiting to Be Heard -- 9 The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Decides -- 10 The Political, Cultural, and Legal Legacy of the Persons -- Notes -- Archival Sources -- Facsimile of the Amended Petition – November 1927 -- Illustration Credits -- Index -- Publications of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History |
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