Jim Phillips Preface (3 results)

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. pp. xiv, 426. 8vo. Maroon cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine and front board. Appears unread; as new and housed in fine dustjacket. " Work on Trial is a collection of studies of eleven major cases and events that have helped to shape the legal landscape of work in Canada. While most of the cases are well-known because of the impact they have had on collective bargaining, individual employment law, or human rights, less is known about the social and political contexts in which the cases arose, the backgrounds and personalities of the judges and the litigants, the legal manoeuvres that were employed, or the ultimate fate of all those who were involved. These studies, written by some of Canada's leading labour and legal historians, provide this context. Beginning with Toronto Electric Commissioners v. Snider, one of the earliest and most important cases involving the division of powers in the Canadian federation, to the events leading to the articulation of the "Rand Formula" in the immediate post Second World War period, and on to the struggles of women workers in the late 20th century in challenging the continu-ing employment practices based on hegemonic gender-based assumptions, each study tells a compelling story, rich in detail and full of perceptive insights into the complex relationship between law and work.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. pp. xii, 513. Royal 8vo. Maroon cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the spine and front board. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine and housed in near fine dustjacket.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. pp. xxi, 325. 8vo. Maroon cloth over boards, gilt rules and lettering to the spine, and front board. Rich with black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, photographic reproductions, charts, tables, et al. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents remain equally bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; as new and housed in fine dustjacket. In Christopher Moore's lively and engaging history of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, he traces the evolution of one of Canada's most influential courts from its origins as a branch of the lieutenant governor's executive council to the post-Charter years of cutting-edge jurisprudence and national influence. Discussing the issues, personalities, and politics which have shaped Ontario's highest court, The Court of Appeal for Ontario offers appreciations of key figures in Canada's legal and political history including John Beverly Robinson, Oliver Mowat, Bora Laskin, and Bertha Wilson and a serious examination of what the right of appeal means and how it has been interpreted by Canadians over the last two hundred years. The first comprehensive history of the Ontario Court of Appeal, Moore's book is the definitive and eminently readable account of the court that has been called everything from a bulwark against tyranny to murderer's row. …