"Race," rights and the law in the Supreme Court of Canada : historical case studies / James W. St. G. Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, James W. St. G., 1940-

Contributor:

Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada. Supreme Court.

Canada.

Race discrimination--Law and legislation--Canada--Cases.

Race discrimination.

Race discrimination--Law and legislation--Canada--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (465 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Waterloo, Ont.?] : Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Four cases in which the legal issue was "race" - that of a Chinese restaurant owner who was fined for employing a white woman; a black man who was refused service in a bar; a Jew who wanted to buy a cottage but was prevented by the property owners' association; and a Trinidadian of East Indian descent who was acceptable to the Canadian army but was rejected for immigration on grounds of "race" - drawn from the period between 1914 and 1955, are intimately examined to explore the role of the Supreme Court of Canada and the law in the racialization of Canadian society. With painstaking resear

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Invitation; Chapter 1 Orientation; Chapter 2 Quong Wing v. The King; Chapter 3 Christie v. York Corporation; Chapter 4 Noble and Wolf v. Alley; Chapter 5 Narine-Singh v. Attorney General of Canada; Chapter 6 Implications; Afterword; Notes; Index

Notes:

Co-published by the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786610925018

9780889205666

0889205663

9781280925016

1280925019

9780585337296

0585337292

OCLC:

818852590