Law of the Land : : The Advent of the Torrens System in Canada / / Greg Taylor.

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• VerfasserIn: Taylor, Greg,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

How was it that the Torrens system, a mid-nineteenth-century reform of land titles registration from distant South Australia, gradually replaced the inherited Anglo-Canadian common law system of land registration? In The Law of the Land, Greg Taylor traces the spread of the Torrens system, from its arrival in the far-flung outpost of 1860s Victoria, British Columbia, right up to twenty-first century Ontario.Examining the peculiarity of how this system of land reform swept through some provinces like wildfire, and yet still remains completely unknown in three provinces, Taylor shows how the different histories of various regions in Canada continue to shape the law in the present day. Presenting a concise and illuminating history of land reform, he also demonstrates the power of lobbying, by examining the influence of both moneylenders and lawyers who were the first to introduce the Torrens system to Canada east of the Rockies.An exact and fluent legal history of regional law reforms, The Law of the Land is a fascinating examination of commonwealth influence, and ongoing regional differences in Canada.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. The Torrens System: An Outline -- 2. The Invention of the Torrens System -- 3. Vancouver Island: The Second Torrens Jurisdiction in the World -- 4. British Columbia -- 5. The Canada Land Law Amendment Association -- 6. Ontario -- 7. Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the North-West Territories -- 8. Manitoba -- 9. Quebec, the Maritimes, and Newfoundland and Labrador -- 10. Concluding Remarks -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index