Canadian perspectives on law & society : issues in legal history / [edited by] W. Wesley Pue and Barry Wright.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pue, W. Wesley.

Wright, Barry, 1957-

Series:

Carleton library ; no. 152.

Carleton library series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociological jurisprudence.

Law--Canada--History.

Law.

Canada.

History.

Physical Description:

353 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa, Canada : Carleton University Press, 1988.

Contents:

An introduction to Canadian law in history / Barry Wright

Theory and method in the history of law / W. Wesley Pue

Some reflections on the "New" Legal History in Relation to Weber's Sociology of law / Susan Binnie

Doing justice to "British justice": law, ideology and Canadian historiography / Greg Marquis

Dialogical jurisprudence / David Howes

Maternal feminism, legal professionalism and political pragmatism: the rise and fall of Magistrate Margaret Patterson, 1922-1934 / Dorothy E. Chunn

Very late Loyalist fantasies: nostalgic Tory history and the rule of law in Upper Canada / Paul Romney

Issues in social welfare and labour relations / W. Wesley Pue

Assistance to veterans and their dependants: steps on the way to the administrative state, 1914-1929 / Margaret E. McCallum

The cold hand of charity: the court of Quarter Sessions and poor relief in the Niagara District, 1828-1841 / David R. Murray

Living wage and living profit: wage determination by conciliation boards under the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act, 1907-1925 / Jeremy Webber

Issues on criminal law and authority: civil liberties and morality / Barry Wright

The general court martial of 1838-39 in Lower Canada: an abuse of justice / F. Murray Greenwood

The Drafting and Passage of the War Measures Act in 1914 and 1927: object lessons in the need for vigilance / F. Murray Greenwood

The Canadian Magistracy and the Anti-White Slavery Campaign, 1900-1920 / John McLaren.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0886290848

0886290783

OCLC:

19394051