Download or read book Life of Sir John Beverly Robinson written by Charles Walker Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sir John Beverley Robinson written by Patrick Brode and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1984-12-15 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Beverley Robinson (1791–1863) was one of Upper Canada’s foremost jurists, a dominating influence on the ruling élite, and a leading citizen of nineteenth-century Toronto who owned a vast tract of land on which Osgoode Hall now stands. The loyalists had founded a colony firm in its devotion to the Crown, with little room for dissent. As a true loyalist son, educated by John Strachan, Robinson attempted to steer Upper Canada toward emulation of what he perceived to be Britain’s ideal aristocratic society. As a young ensign in the York militia, he defended his sovereign at Queenston Heights, and as acting attorney-general he prosecuted traitors who threatened to undermine the colony. Later, as attorney-general and de facto leader of the assembly during the 1820s, he tried to mould the government to the British form. But factors he never understood—the influence of American democracy and liberalism in the Colonial Office—ensured that Upper Canada would never be a ‘new Albion.’ Robinson was appointed chief justice in 1829, and his judicial career spanned thirty-three years, during which he insisted the courts were subservient to the legislature and established precedents declaring their role should be limited to the enforcement of existing laws, with no independent creative function. His long service on the bench represented both a preservation and a strengthening of the British tradition in Canadian law. In this biography, early Toronto comes alive through the eyes of a powerful man—firm in his beliefs, attractive to women, respected by his fellows—who sought to mould society to his own ideals. For historians, lawyers, and students of jurisprudence who seek an understanding of the roots of legal practice in nineteenth-century Ontario, it is essential reading. Electronic Format Disclaimer: Image of "The Three Robinson Sisters" (Emily, Augusta, and Louisa) by George Theodore Berthon, 1846 on page XV removed at the request of the rights holder.
Download or read book Life of Sir John Beverley Robinson Bart C B D C L Chief justice of Upper Canada written by Charles Walker Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Essays on Upper Canada written by James Keith Johnson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1989 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ontario was known as "Upper Canada" from 1791 to 1841.
Download or read book The Dictionary of Canadian Biography written by William Stewart Wallace and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1926 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ontario s African Canadian Heritage written by Karolyn Smardz Frost and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2009-01-19 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated collection offers a wealth of data on slavery, abolition, the Underground Railroad, providing unique insights into the African-Canadian heritage in Ontario.
Download or read book Dictionary of Canadian Biography Dictionaire Biographique Du Canada written by Francess G. Halpenny and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1990-05 with total page 1346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These biographies of Canadians are arranged chronologically by date of death. Entries in each volume are listed alphabetically, with bibliographies of source material and an index to names.
Download or read book Essays in the History of Canadian Law written by David H. Flaherty and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the second in the Essays in the History of Canadian Law series, designed to illustrate the wide possibilities for research and writing in Canadian legal history. In combination, these volumes reflect the wide-ranging scope of legal history as an intellectual discipline andencourage others to pursue important avenues of inquiry on all aspects of our legal past. Topics include the role of civil courts in Upper Canada; legal education; political corruption; nineteenth-century Canadian rape law; the Toronto Police Court; the Kamloops outlaws and commissions of assize in nineteenth-century British Columbia; private rights and public purposes in Ontario waterways; the origins of workers' compensation in Ontario; and the evolution of the Ontario courts. Contributors include Brendan O'Brien, Peter N. Oliver, William N.T. Wylie, G. Blaine Baker, Paul Romney, Constance B. Backhouse, Paul Craven, Hamar Foster, Jamie Bendickson, R.C.B. Risk, and Margaret A. Banks.
Download or read book Ontario s African Canadian Heritage written by Fred Landon and published by Dundurn. This book was released on with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated collection offers a wealth of data on slavery, abolition, the Underground Railroad, providing unique insights into the African-Canadian heritage in Ontario.
Download or read book Idea of Loyalty in Upper Canada 1784 1850 written by David Mills and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1988 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loyalty evolved as the central political idea in Upper Canada during the first half of the nineteenth century. It formed the basis of political legitimacy and acceptance into provincial society. David Mills examines the evolution and development of the concept of loyalty, placing special emphasis on the contribution of moderate reformers.
Download or read book White Man s Law written by Sidney L. Harring and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sweeping re-investigation of Canadian legal history, Harring shows that Canada has historically dispossessed Aboriginal peoples of even the most basic civil rights.
Download or read book The Dictionary of Canadian Biography written by William Stewart Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of the Royal Colonial Institute written by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Land Power and Economics on the Frontier of Upper Canada written by John Clarke and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2001 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land, Power, and Economics on the Frontier of Upper Canada examines Ontario's formative years, focusing on Essex County in Ontario from 1788 to 1850. Upper Canadian attitudes to land and society are shown to have been built on contemporary visions of the cosmos. John Clarke examines the actions of individuals from the perspective of the political culture and its manifestations, doing so within the constraints of geography and the cultural baggage of the settlers. Placing human action in the context of economics and laissez-faire capitalism, Clarke shows how almost unbridled acquisitiveness, and its concomitant land speculation, could promote or hinder development.
Download or read book Life of Propriety written by Katherine Mary Jean McKenna and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1994 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anne Murray Powell was born to a middle-class English family in 1755. She was neither famous nor unusually talented but her story embodies the values of her time, place, and class. Having emigrated to Boston at sixteen, in 1775 she married and returned to England during her husband's training as a lawyer. They eventually settled in British North America, residing chiefly in York (Toronto). Anne, as well as being the mother of nine children, was a leading figure in York's social circles a member of a generation that matured during a period of dramatic social change. Katherine McKenna's biography, based on an extensive collection of letters and papers, shows how the three distinct environments in which she and her family lived England, New England, and Upper Canada were shaped by important aspects of late eighteenth-century and early Victorian society.
Download or read book Canadian History written by Reginald George Trotter and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A City in the Making written by Frederick H. Armstrong and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1988-12-01 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A City in the Making examines certain of the events that took place in the nineteenth century Toronto, paying particular attention to those who carved a thriving metropolis out of the frontier post that was the town of York.
