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      Carnal Crimes: Sexual Assault Law in Canada, 1900-1975

      Constance Backhouse

      A powerful book by one of Canada s leading legal historians on sexual assault.

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      Carnal Crimes: Sexual Assault Law in Canada, 1900-1975

      Constance Backhouse

      A powerful book by one of Canada’s leading legal historians on sexual assault.

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      Two Firsts: Bertha Wilson and Claire l'Heureux-Dube at the Supreme Court of Canada

      Constance Backhouse

      Bertha Wilson and Claire L'Heureux-Dube were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada, polar opposites in background and temperament, the two faced many identical challenges.

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      Deux grandes dames: Bertha Wilson et Claire L'Heureux-Dube a la Cour supreme du Canada

      Constance Backhouse

      Explore the challenges and triumphs of Canada’s first two female Supreme Court judges. Of contrasting backgrounds and personalities, they adopted distinct strategies to obtain the top posts. Interlopers in a…

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      Deux grandes dames: Bertha Wilson et Claire L'Heureux-Dube a la Cour supreme du Canada

      Constance Backhouse

      Explore the challenges and triumphs of Canada’s first two female Supreme Court judges. Of contrasting backgrounds and personalities, they adopted distinct strategies to obtain the top posts. Interlopers in a…

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      Deux grandes dames: Bertha Wilson et Claire L'Heureux-Dube a la Cour supreme du Canada

      Constance Backhouse

      Explore the challenges and triumphs of Canada’s first two female Supreme Court judges. Of contrasting backgrounds and personalities, they adopted distinct strategies to obtain the top posts. Interlopers in a…

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      Reckoning with Racism: Police, Judges, and the RDS Case

      Constance Backhouse

      Reckoning with Racism is a riveting account of Canada’s most momentous race case, which drew in the country’s first Black female judge and spotlighted racist police practices.

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      Reckoning with Racism: Police, Judges, and the RDS Case

      Constance Backhouse

      Reckoning with Racism is a riveting account of Canada’s most momentous race case, which drew in the country’s first Black female judge and spotlighted racist police practices.

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      Colour-Coded: A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950

      Constance Backhouse

      A richly textured narrative that seeks to capture the role played by the law in the definition of race and shoring up of racial repression in Canada.

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      The Heiress vs. the Establishment: Mrs. Campbell’s Campaign for Legal Justice

      Constance Backhouse,Nancy Backhouse

      Reprinted here in its entirety, Where Angels Fear to Tread, Campbell’s self-published manuscript, is an eloquent and rare first-person account of the world of overlapping intrigue and influence that constituted…

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      The Laskin Legacy: Essays in commemoration of Chief Justice Bora Laskin

      A collection of scholarly articles and personal reminiscences which examine the life and career of the late Bora Laskin, Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. It examines…

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      People and Place: Historical Influences on Legal Culture

      This collection of essays demonstrates the ways in which personalities interact with physical locale in shaping the law. Examining law through the framework of history, this anthology presents a mixture…

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      People and Place: Historical Influences on Legal Culture

      Demonstrates the fascinating ways in which personality and locale interact to shape the law, and how location influences legal cultural history. The essays, by a diverse array of scholars -…

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      The Promise and Perils of Law: Lawyers in Canadian history

      The papers that make up this volume were produced on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the opening of Osgoode Hall, one of Toronto’s landmark buildings.

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      Royally Wronged: The Royal Society of Canada and Indigenous Peoples

      Written primarily by current Royal Society of Canada members, these essays explore the historical contribution of the RSC to the production of ideas and policies that shored up white settler…

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      Royally Wronged: The Royal Society of Canada and Indigenous Peoples

      Written primarily by current Royal Society of Canada members, these essays explore the historical contribution of the RSC to the production of ideas and policies that shored up white settler…

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