The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History is pleased to offer law students the chance to tour Osgoode Hall, which houses the Ontario Court of Appeal. Osgoode Hall is a Toronto architectural landmark of great current and historic significance to Ontario’s legal system. Students will be welcomed by a Justice of the Ontario Court of… Read more »
240 Search Results for: Asian-Canadian Lawyers & Judges
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Paul Romney
Paul Romney has taught at the Center of Canadian Studies at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, and has written extensively on Canadian History.
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Robert Raizenne
Robert Raizenne has extensive experience in a wide variety of transactions and tax planning matters, including cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations and restructurings, corporate finance, international tax and trusts. He is also an experienced tax litigator. Robert is an adjunct professor of tax law at McGill University’s Faculty of Law and the… Read more »
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Student Tour of Osgoode Hall and Reception
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June 19, 2015 - Justice Robert J. Sharpe new president of the Osgoode Society
At this evening’s meeting of the board of directors of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, Justice Robert J. Sharpe of the Ontario Court of Appeal was elected president of the Society. While R. Roy McMurtry, the founder and of the society and its long-serving president, has decided to step down, he will not… Read more »
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June 6, 2019 - A History of Law in Canada Volume 1: Beginnings to 1866 wins Honourable Mention for the W. Wesley Pue book prize
A History of Law in Canada, Volume One is a monumental and masterful work. It fills a gap in Canadian scholarship by providing a comprehensive, well-written and informative account of the history of law in Canada. Its 900 pages of text and footnotes reflect an astonishing range of knowledge. It breaks new ground in its… Read more »
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Jerry Bannister
Jerry Bannister is an Associate Professor of History at Dalhousie University. He has researched and published several books and articles on British North America with an emphasis on Newfoundland and the Atlantic. His work has earned him several accolades including the Sir John A. Macdonald Prize of the Canadian Historical Association for the best book… Read more »
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Lesley Erickson
Lesley Erickson is a historian and editor living in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her educational history includes receiving a Ph.D. in Canadian history and legal history from the University of Calgary in 2003, and a master’s degree in publishing from Simon Fraser University in 2007. She is currently an editor with the University of British Columbia… Read more »
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Martin Friedland
Martin Friedland, C.C., Q.C., is University Professor and James M. Tory Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1960 and received the Treasurer’s Medal. Professor Friedland has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including the Canadian Association of Law Teachers… Read more »
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Eric Reiter
B.A. (Cornell), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), LL.B., B.C.L., LL.M. (McGill), member (retired) of the Barreau du Québec. Eric H. Reiter is an Associate Professor in the Department of History, Concordia University, where he teaches legal history and is the director of the Law and Society program. He is (since 2017) co-editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of… Read more »
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Judging Bertha Wilson: Law As Large As Life
by Ellen Anderson, Lawyer, Barrie, Ontario. Published with the University of Toronto Press, 2001. Bertha Wilson is the first woman to be appointed to the Ontario Court of Appeal. She is the first woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada at that critical moment when the Charter was entrenched. Nevertheless, Bertha Wilson has… Read more »