Add to ORKGEdwards v. Attorney General of Canada ( the Persons case ) is a landmark Canadian legal decision. By petition of the Famous Five, this case determined in 1929 that women were persons qualified to be appointed to the Senate, and it coined the living tree metaphor to command a progressive approach to constitutional interpretation in Canada. Justice Robert Sharpe of the Ontario Court of Appeal and Toronto-based lawyer Patricia McMahon illuminate the rich connections of the Famous Five and other figures in the case to Alberta and Canadian law and politics and go on to evaluate the case\u27s modern legacy
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The issue of achieving self-government has long been a concern of many Aboriginal people in Canada. ...
Editors Catherine Bell and Robert Paterson, along with fifteen contributors, have produced a leading...
Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart establishes the public’s right to attend criminal trials and th...
Edwards v. Attorney General of Canada ( the Persons case ) is a landmark Canadian legal decision. By...
The book is a collection nine essays, five of which attempt to cover the whole or much of the last 1...
This important book about the life and contributions of Brian Dickson (1916-1998), perhaps Canada\u2...
The subject of Shirley and Wayne Weigand’s Books on Trial is the prosecution of several Community Pa...
The United States Supreme Court accepts for review less than two percent of the cases presented to i...
Queer Inclusions is a fascinating and well-written comparative examination of the politics of sexual...
James W. Hewitt answers that question and many more in his history of the Nebraska Supreme Court, Sl...
This is a book review of the thought-provoking edited collection on human rights and legal judgments...
Ruth Gorman was a powerful person. When I encountered her in the early 1990s at her home in Calgary ...
Cairns is critical of suggestions of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. In his view, they p...
Americanah is based on a love story that revolved around 3 continents - Africa, North America, and E...
In Parole in Canada: Gender and Diversity in the Federal System, Sarah Turnbull examines how the ide...
The issue of achieving self-government has long been a concern of many Aboriginal people in Canada. ...
Editors Catherine Bell and Robert Paterson, along with fifteen contributors, have produced a leading...
Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart establishes the public’s right to attend criminal trials and th...