A History of Canadian Legal Thought: Collected Essays (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History)

Risk, R.C.B.; Baker, George Blain [Editor]; Phillips, Jim [Editor];

ISBN 10: 0802094244 / ISBN 13: 9780802094247

Published by University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, 2006

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Signed by G. Blaine Baker and R C B Risk.this copy has a solid tight binding with clean unmarked pages.light wear to the dust cover edges. Seller Inventory # vl3200

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Title: A History of Canadian Legal Thought: ...

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division

Publication Date: 2006

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

This volume in the Osgoode Society's distinguished series on the history of Canadian law is a collection of the principal essays of Professor Emeritus R.C.B. Risk, one of the pioneers of Canadian legal history and for many years regarded as its foremost authority on the history of Canadian legal thought.

Frank Scott, Bora Laskin, W.P.M. Kennedy, John Willis and Edward Blake are among the better known figures whose thinking and writing about law are featured in this collection. But this compilation of the most important essays by a pioneer in Canadian legal history brings to light many other lesser known figures as well, whose writings covered a wide range of topics, from estoppel to the British North America Act to the purpose of legal education. Written over more than two decades, and covering the immediate post-Confederation period to the 1960s, these essays reveal a distinctive Canadian tradition of thinking about the nature and functions of law, one which Risk clearly takes pride in and urges us to celebrate.

About the Author:

R.C.B. Risk is a professor emeritus in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.

George Blaine Baker is professor emeritus in the Faculty of Law at McGill University.

Jim Phillips is a professor in the faculty of law at the University of Toronto.