Essays in the history of Canadian law. Volume XII, New essays in women's history. / edited by Lori Chambers and Joan Sangster.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chambers, Lori, 1965- editor.

Sangster, Joan, editor.

Series:

Essays in the History of Canadian Law Series

Essays in the History of Canadian Law Series ; Volume XII

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Canada--History.

Law.

Women--Legal status, laws, etc--Canada.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Drawing on engaging case studies, Essays in History of Canadian Law brings the law to life. The contributors to this collection provide rich historical and social context for each case, unravelling the process of legal decision-making and explaining the impact of the law on the people involved in legal disputes. Examining the law not simply as legislation and institutions, but as discourse, practice, symbols, rhetoric, and language, the chapters show the law as both oppressive and constraining and as a point of contention and means of resistance. This collection presents new approaches and concerns, as well as re-examinations of existing themes with new evidence and modes of storytelling. Contributors cover many thematic areas, from criminal to labour, civil, administrative, and human rights law, spanning English and French Canada, and ranging from the mid-eighteenth century to the late twentieth century. The legal cases vary from precedent-setting cases to lesser-known ones, from those driven by one woman’s quest for personal justice to others in which state actors dominate. Bringing to light how the people embroiled in these cases interacted with the legal system, the book reveals the ramifications of a legal system characterized by multiple layers of inequality."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Contributors

ESSAYS IN THE HISTORY OF CANADIAN LAW Volume XII

Introduction

1 The Trials of Caroline Ferguson: Reputation and Litigation in Quebec City, 1852–1857

2 A Cause Célèbre: Marriage, Quebec Law, and the Delpit Affair of 1901

3 The Trials and Travails of Eliza Maria Campbell: Gender and the Law in Ontario in the 1870s

4 Meunier v. McDougall and Secord, 1911: A Métis Woman Takes on Land Speculators and Settler Privilege in Alberta

5 Credibility, Corroboration, and Legal Betrayal of Rape Victims

6 The Execution of Tommasina Teolis: Capital Punishment, Gender, and Ethnicity in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

7 The War-Time Elections Act, Canadian Women’s Suffrage, and Constitutional Thought during the First World War

8 Discipline as Deterrence: Labour Relations and the Silencing of Feminist Labour Activists

9 Women Not Welcome: Martinie v. The Italian Society of Port Arthur

10 Internal and External Advocacy for Legal Reform: The Genesis of the 1986 Ontario Family Law Act, 1967–1986

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4875-5391-9

1-4875-5392-7

OCLC:

1402248540