Law & justice in a new land : essays in western Canadian legal history

Law & justice in a new land : essays in western Canadian legal history

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Edition Details

• Language: English
• Jurisdiction(s): Ontario
• Publication Information: Toronto : Carswell, 1986
• Publication Type (Medium): History
• Material: Conference publication
• Type: Book
• Other titles: Law and justice in a new land
• Permalink: https://books.lawi.ca/law-justice-in-a-new-land-essays-in-western-canadian-legal-history/ (Stable identifier)

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XV, 379 pages, [1] leaf of plates : ILlustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

• Publisher: Carswell
• Responsable Person: edited by Louis A. Knafla.
• Publication Date: 1986
• Country/State: Ontario
• Number of Editions: 10 editions
• First edition Date: 1985
• Last edition Date: 1986
• General Notes: Based on papers originally presented at the first Western Canadian Legal History Conference, held at the University of Calgary, April 25-27, 1984.
• Languages: English
• Library of Congress Code: KE394
• Dewey Code: 349.71209
• ISBN: 0459381105 9780459381103 0459381008 9780459381004
• OCLC: 13038109

Main Contents

Canadian legal culture / Graham Parker
From oral to written memory / Louis A. Knafla
From Indian title to Aboriginal rights / Thomas Flanagan
The Queen's promises / Douglas Sanders
Indian resource rights and constitutional enactments in western Canada, 1871-1930 / N.D. Bankes
The struggle for the Supreme Court / Hamar Foster
The administration of criminal and civil justice in the mining camps and frontier communities of British Columbia / David Ricardo Williams
The Sproule case / W.F. Bowker
Male homosexuality / Terry Chapman
Female crime in Calgary, 1914-1941 / M. Elizabeth Langdon
Points of departure / Peter M. Sibenik
Bibliography of the legal history of western Canada / Janice Dickin McGinnis.

Structured Subjects (Headings):

• Canada, Northern
• Canada, Western

Unstructured Subjects (Headings):

• Canada, Western

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