Property on Trial: Canadian Cases in Context

Eric Tucker, James Muir, & Bruce Ziff (Eds.)

ISBN 10: 1552212963 / ISBN 13: 9781552212967

Published by Published for The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by Irwin Law, Toronto, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Property on Trial: Canadian Cases in Context
• Publisher: Published for The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by Irwin Law, Toronto
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1552212963
• ISBN 13: 9781552212967
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Co-Published with the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

Property on Trial is a collection of 14 studies of Canadian property law disputes — some well-known, some more obscure — that have helped to shape the contours of the principles and rules of property law over 150 years. These studies, written by some of Canada’s leading legal historians, range in time from a discussion of a nineteenth-century dispute over the ownership of seal pelts in Newfoundland to modern questions of what constitutes private property in a digital age. They investigate the relationship between private and public interests in property; the limits of private property owners’ rights in relation to others, particularly neighbours and family; and the intersection of property law principles with other branches of the law, including criminal law, family law, and human rights. 

The authors describe, in rich detail, the social, cultural, and political contexts in which the events unfolded, the backgrounds and personalities of the litigants, the skills of the lawyers, and the judicial attitudes of the day. On the one hand, Property on Trial is a collection of thoughtful and compelling stories about conflict in a wide variety of contexts, each with its own heroines and heroes, villains and ne’er-do-wells, winners and losers. On the other, it is an insightful look at the history of property law doctrine in Canada.

About the Author

Eric Tucker is a professor emeritus at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.
James Muir is an associate professor in the Department of History and Classics as well as the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta.
Bruce Ziff is Professor of Law, University of Alberta.