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Law Reports From A Non-Colony And A Penal Colony: The Australian Manuscript Decisions Of Sir Francis Forbes As Chief Justice Of Newfoundland, Bruce Kercher Oct 1996

Law Reports From A Non-Colony And A Penal Colony: The Australian Manuscript Decisions Of Sir Francis Forbes As Chief Justice Of Newfoundland, Bruce Kercher

Dalhousie Law Journal

The author reports on the existence and contents of a manuscript copy of a selection of judgments by Sir Francis Forbes while he was Chief Justice of Newfoundland from 1817-1822. The manuscript found its way into the State Library of New South Wales sometime after Forbes' translation to New South Wales as its first Chief Justice in 1823. The author comments on the insights these manuscript reports afford of the early legal history of Newfoundland as it developed into a British colony. In particular, he draws attention to the significance of twenty-nine judgments in the manuscript but not available in …


Characterization Of Limitation Statutes In Canadian Private International Law: The Rocky Road Of Change, John P. Mcevoy Oct 1996

Characterization Of Limitation Statutes In Canadian Private International Law: The Rocky Road Of Change, John P. Mcevoy

Dalhousie Law Journal

Prior to the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Tolofson v. Jensen limitations statutes were characterized, prima facie, as procedural for purposes of Canadian private international law. The principal authority for this characterization was the 1835 case of Huber v. Steiner in which an action was brought on a promissory note made in France in 1813 and payable in 1817. The defendant argued that the French Code de commerce applied and that the right of action was extinguished by the provision that "all actions ... prescribe themselves by five years reckoning from the day of protest ..... Tindal C.J. recognized …


Interview With Innis Christie In Dalhousie Law School: An Oral History, Ronald St. John Macdonald Jan 1996

Interview With Innis Christie In Dalhousie Law School: An Oral History, Ronald St. John Macdonald

Innis Christie Collection

Innis M. Christie

Born: Amherst, Nova Scotia, 8 November 1937

Legal Education: Dalhousie, Cambridge University, and Yale Law School

Areas of specialization: Labour Law, Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics, Administrative Law

Service on the full-time faculty: 1971-

Interview: Monday, 5 December 1988, Thursday, 15 December 1988, Thursday, 21 December 1988