Essays on the history of Canadian law. Volume VII : Inside the law : Canadian law firms in historical perspective / edited by Carol Wilton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilton, Carol, Author.

Contributor:

Wilton, Carol, editor.

Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.

Series:

Essays on the history of Canadian law. Volume VII

Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.

Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Canada--History.

Law.

Canada.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (621 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 1996.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This collection of essays, Volume VII in the Osgoode Society's series of Essays in the History of Canadian Law, is the first focused study of a variety of law firms and how they have evolved over a century and a half, from the golden age of the sole practitioner in the pre-industrial era to the recent rise of the mega-firm.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Contributors

1 Introduction: Inside the Law

Canadian Law Firms in Historical Perspective

2 The Making of a Colonial Lawyer: Beamish Murdoch of Halifax, 1822-1842

3 Aemilius Irving: Solicitor to the Great Western Railway, 1855-1872

4 The Campbell, Meredith Firm of Montreal: A Case-Study of the Role of Canadian Business Lawyers, 1895-1913

5 The Transformation of an Establishment Firm: From Beatty Blackstock to Faskens, 1902-1915

6 Élite Relationships, Partnership Arrangements, and Nepotism at Blakes, a Toronto Law Firm, 1858-1942

7 The George F. Downes Firm in the Development of Edmonton and Its Region, 1903-1930

8 Corporate Entrepreneurship in Atlantic Canada: The Stewart Law Firm, 1915-1955

9 Goodall and Cairns: Commercial, Corporate, and Energy Law in Alberta, 1920-1942

10 A Family Firm in Transition: Osier, Hoskin & Harcourt in the 1950s and 1960s

11 Dominant Professionals: The Role of Large-Firm Lawyers in Manitoba

12 Raymond and Honsberger: A Small Firm That Stayed Small, 1889-1989

13 'A Small United Nations': The Hamilton Firm of Millar, Alexander, Tokiwa, and Isaacs, 1962-1993

14 Law on the Pacific Coast: Bull, Housser and Tupper, 1945-1990

15 Hierarchy in Practice: The Significance of Gender in Ontario Law Firms

Index

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Publications of The Osgoode Society.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 20, 2016).

ISBN:

9781442651289

1442651288

9781442632912

1442632917

OCLC:

929153873