Provincial Justice Upper Canadian Legal Portraits |
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| Editor:
| Fraser, Robert |
| Series title: | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8020-7404-1 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1992 |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $33.95 |
Book Description:
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In the formative years of Ontario's history, the law loomed large, as a profession, a preoccupation of legislators, a subject of debate and controversy, and a force that many citizens found themselves up against. Robert Fraser has drawn from the pages of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography the stories of sixty people who played a key role in the legal history of Upper Canada.
Told in a readable style that has been much praised, these profiles contain information that bears...
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In the formative years of Ontario's history, the law loomed large, as a profession, a preoccupation of legislators, a subject of debate and controversy, and a force that many citizens found themselves up against. Robert Fraser has drawn from the pages of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography the stories of sixty people who played a key role in the legal history of Upper Canada.
Told in a readable style that has been much praised, these profiles contain information that bears the authoritative stamp of the DCB volumes from which they come. They add a valuable personal dimension to Ontario's legal history.