Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America : Beamish Murdoch of Halifax Hardback
by Philip Girard
Part of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series
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From award-winning biographer Philip Girard, Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America is the first history of the legal profession in Canada to emphasize its cross-provincial similarities and its deep roots in the colonial period.
Girard details how nineteenth-century British North American lawyers created a distinctive Canadian template for the profession by combining the strong collective governance of the English tradition with the high degree of creativity and client responsiveness characteristic of U.S. lawyers — a mix that forms the basis of the legal profession in Canada today. Girard provides a unique window on the interconnections between lawyers' roles as community leaders and as legal professionals.
Centred on one pre-Confederation lawyer whose career epitomizes the trends of his day, Beamish Murdoch (1800-1876), Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America makes an important and compelling contribution to Canadian legal history.
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- Pages:304 pages, 1 b&w illustration
- Publisher:University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date:23/07/2011
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- ISBN:9781442644106
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:304 pages, 1 b&w illustration
- Publisher:University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date:23/07/2011
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- ISBN:9781442644106
