The Last Day, The Last Hour : : The Currie Libel Trial / / Robert J. Sharpe.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
• VerfasserIn: Sharpe, Robert J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: With a new preface by the author
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Preface to the 2009 Edition --; Preface --; 1. Mons --; 2. Arthur Currie, the Great War, and the Canadian Corps --; 3. Sam Hughes: War of Rumours --; 4. A Case for the Defence? --; 5. To Sue or Not to Sue? --; 6. Preparing for Trial --; 7. The Trial Begins --; 8. Another Currie --; 9. Defensive Strategies --; 10. General Currie's Reply --; 11. The Generals Take the Stand --; 12. General Currie under Fire --; 13. Verdict --; 14. Appeal --; 15. Conclusion --; Notes --; Index --; PUBLICATIONS OF THE OSGOODE SOCIETY FOR CANADIAN LEGAL HISTORY
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442697898; 9783110667691; 9783110490954
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442697898
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Robert J. Sharpe.

On 11 November 1918, the last day of the Great War, the Canadian Corps, led by Sir Arthur Currie, liberated Mons after four years of German occupation. The push to Mons in the last days and weeks of the war had cost many lives. Long after the war, Currie was blamed by many for needlessly wasting those lives. When the Port Hope Evening Guide published an editorial in 1927 repeating this charge, Currie was incensed. Against the advice of his friends, he decided to sue for libel and retained W.N. Tilley, Q.C., the leading lawyer of the day, to plead his case.First published in 1988, The Last Day, the Last Hour reconstructs the events - military and legal - that led to the trial and the trial itself, one of the most sensational courtroom battles in Canadian history, involving many prominent legal, military and political figures of the 1920s. Now back in print with a new preface by the author, judge and legal scholar Robert J. Sharpe, The Last Day, the Last Hour remains the definitive account of a landmark legal case.