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Tradition, Judges, And Civil Liberties In Canada, Douglas Hay
Tradition, Judges, And Civil Liberties In Canada, Douglas Hay
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
Comments on the role of the first chief justice of Upper Canada, William Osgoode (1754-1824), on shaping the law during a period of "counter-revolutionary and anti-democratic repression throughout the British Empire." Concludes that laws were often presented as emergency legislation that nevertheless effectively became permanent, challenging civil liberties in times of political or social conflict