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Chief Justice William Johnstone Ritchie : responsible government and judicial review / Gordon Bale ; cover design, Aerographics Ottawa ; foreword, Brian Dickson ; introduction, DeLloyd J . Guth ; preface, Gordon Bale.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bale, Gordon, 1933- author, author of introduction, etc.
- Dickson, R. G. Brian, author of introduction, etc.
- Guth, DeLloyd J., author of introduction, etc.
- Series:
- Carleton library series ; 165.
- Publication of the Supreme Court of Canada Historical Society ; Volume I.
- Carleton Library Series ; 165
- Publication of the Supreme Court of Canada Historical Society ; Volume I
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ritchie, William Johnstone, Sir, 1813-1892.
- Ritchie, William Johnstone.
- Canada. Supreme Court--Biography.
- Canada.
- Judges--Canada--Biography.
- Judges.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (397 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ottawa, [Ontario] : Carleton University Press, 1991.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Preface
- 1 . Maritime Roots
- 2 . Ritchie Chooses the Law and Saint John
- 3 . Matters of Honour and Heart
- 4 . Ritchie and Responsible Government
- 5 . Victorian Liberal and His 'Just Reward'
- 6 . Puisne Judge and Principled Dissenter
- 7 . The Hea Affair
- 8 . Propelled into the American Civil War
- 9 . Politics and the Next Chief Justice
- 10 . Judicial Review and Confederation
- 11 . Women, Denominational Schools &
- Prohibition
- 12 . From Critic to Founding Member of the Supreme Court of Canada
- 13 . Priests. Politics and Quebec's Free Franchise
- 14 . The Second Chief Justice and the Court's Integrity
- 15 . Judicial Ethics and the Double Sitting
- 16 . Collision with the Courts of British Columbia
- 17 . The Ritchie Court, Its Critics and Character
- 18 . The Court's Illusion of Supremacy
- 19 . High Art and Low Church
- 20 . Death and Survivors
- 21 . Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Opinion of Judge Steadman
- Appendix 2 Observations of the Chief Justice of New Brunswick
- Appendix 3 The Ritchie Lawyers and Judges
- Appendix 4 There is a Land by J.A. Ritchie
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7735-8072-7
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