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Prosecutorial Control In Canada: The Definition Of Attorney-General In Section 2 Of The Criminal Code, Camille Cameron

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

In 1969, as a result of the redefinition of Attorney-General” in section 2 of the Criminal Code, the federal Attorney-General assumed an increased role in criminal prosecutions within the provinces. This new role has resulted in various challenges to the constitutional validity of the amendment — the provinces claim that the new definition is an encroachment upon the administration of justice power given to them by section 92(14) of the British North America Act while the federal government relies on its criminal law power to justify the amendment. The author examines the 1969 amendment in light of sections 91(27) and …

The Early Teaching Of Law In French Canada, Leon Lortie

Dalhousie Law Journal

Although the Faculty of Law at the University of Montreal can be linked to the law school established by Maximilien Bibaud in 1851, Bibaud was not the first public teacher of law in French Canada. His predecessor deserves to be remembered because of the peculiar circumstances with which he had to cope.

The Early Teaching Of Law In French Canada, Leon Lortie

Dalhousie Law Journal

Although the Faculty of Law at the University of Montreal can be linked to the law school established by Maximilien Bibaud in 1851, Bibaud was not the first public teacher of law in French Canada. His predecessor deserves to be remembered because of the peculiar circumstances with which he had to cope.

A Prospectus For Canadian Legal History, R. C. B. Risk

Dalhousie Law Journal

The study of legal history can be a useful and scholarly undertaking. An understanding of the uses and limits of law is useful, if not necessary, for any civilized community, and a study of legal history is one way, although not the exclusive way, of achieving this understanding. More generally, our understanding of history cannot be complete without some understanding of its legal elements. Therefore, the study of Canadian legal history should be respectable and flourishing, but it is not. It has been greatly neglected, and most of the little work that has been done has reflected limited interests. Lawyers …

The Canadian Law List (Hardy's) 1900, H. Cartwright

Thompson Rare Book Collection

The Canadian Law List (Hardy's) 1900 edited by H. Cartqright, Esq. includes:

• Canadian law firms and barristers;
• Canadian Commissioners;
• Dominion Laws;
• Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada;
• Judges;
• Synopsis of laws.3

Content is organized by province.

Equity 1900-1901 3rd Year, Donald Frank Matheson

Thompson Rare Book Collection

This notebook was used by D. Frank Matheson, an alumnus of Dalhousie Law School, Class of 1901, in his third year Equity Law class.

The Matheson Notebooks are a collection of seven bound notebooks used by Frank Matheson during his time at Dalhousie School of Law between 1898 and 1901. In 2018, they were found in the basement of a Lunenburg law firm and donated to Schulich School of Law. There are two or three notebooks from each year of Matheson’s studies, ranging slightly in size and style. The notebooks have pages made from linen rags, are bound with paper …

Equity: 1899-1900 Second Year, Donald Frank Matheson

Thompson Rare Book Collection

This notebook was used by D. Frank Matheson, an alumnus of Dalhousie Law School, Class of 1901, in his second year Equity Law class.

The Matheson Notebooks are a collection of seven bound notebooks used by Frank Matheson during his time at Dalhousie School of Law between 1898 and 1901. In 2018, they were found in the basement of a Lunenburg law firm and donated to Schulich School of Law. There are two or three notebooks from each year of Matheson’s studies, ranging slightly in size and style. The notebooks have pages made from linen rags, are bound with paper …

Constitutional Law: 1899-1900 Second Year, Donald Frank Matheson

Thompson Rare Book Collection

This notebook was used by D. Frank Matheson, an alumnus of Dalhousie Law School, Class of 1901, in his second year Constitutional Law class.

The Matheson Notebooks are a collection of seven bound notebooks used by Frank Matheson during his time at Dalhousie School of Law between 1898 and 1901. In 2018, they were found in the basement of a Lunenburg law firm and donated to Schulich School of Law. There are two or three notebooks from each year of Matheson’s studies, ranging slightly in size and style. The notebooks have pages made from linen rags, are bound with paper …

Conveyancing: 1899-1900 Second Year, Donald Frank Matheson

Thompson Rare Book Collection

This notebook was used by D. Frank Matheson, an alumnus of Dalhousie Law School, Class of 1901, in his second year Conveyancing Law class.

The Matheson Notebooks are a collection of seven bound notebooks used by Frank Matheson during his time at Dalhousie School of Law between 1898 and 1901. In 2018, they were found in the basement of a Lunenburg law firm and donated to Schulich School of Law. There are two or three notebooks from each year of Matheson’s studies, ranging slightly in size and style. The notebooks have pages made from linen rags, are bound with paper …

Contracts: Dalhousie Law School, D Frank Matheson, First Year, Donald Frank Matheson

Thompson Rare Book Collection

This notebook was used by D. Frank Matheson, an alumnus of Dalhousie Law School, Class of 1901, in his first year Contract Law class.

The Matheson Notebooks are a collection of seven bound notebooks used by Frank Matheson during his time at Dalhousie School of Law between 1898 and 1901. In 2018, they were found in the basement of a Lunenburg law firm and donated to Schulich School of Law. There are two or three notebooks from each year of Matheson’s studies, ranging slightly in size and style. The notebooks have pages made from linen rags, are bound with paper …

Real Property: Dalhousie Law School, First Year, Donald Frank Matheson

Thompson Rare Book Collection

This notebook was used by D. Frank Matheson, an alumnus of Dalhousie Law School, Class of 1901, in his first year Real Property class.

The Matheson Notebooks are a collection of seven bound notebooks used by Frank Matheson during his time at Dalhousie School of Law between 1898 and 1901. In 2018, they were found in the basement of a Lunenburg law firm and donated to Schulich School of Law. There are two or three notebooks from each year of Matheson’s studies, ranging slightly in size and style. The notebooks have pages made from linen rags, are bound with paper …

Reports Of Cases Adjudged In The Supreme Court Of The Province Of New Brunswick, George F S Berton

Thompson Rare Book Collection

Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the Province of New Brunswick: Commencing in Hilary Term, 1835, written by George F. S. Berton in 1835 is a 217 page compilation of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of New Brunswick. It includes an index and the option to full-text search.

Preface:

At the date of the commencement of these Reports, I was in­duced by a desire to render service to my professional brethren and the public, to publish the notes, which I had taken only for my own use, of the cases in Hilary, 1835. …

Notes Of Lectures On The Law Of Scotland, Vol. I, George Joseph Bell

Thompson Rare Book Collection

Lecture notes hand-written by George Joseph Bell, Professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh University in Session 1826-27 touching on the laws of:

• Part I: Personal Rights (pages 1–132);
• Part II: Law of Property (pages 133–439)

Volume I ends on page 206.

Notes Of Lectures On The Law Of Scotland, Vol Ii, George Joseph Bell

Thompson Rare Book Collection

Volume II of hand-written lecture notes of George Joseph Bell, Professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh University in Session 1826-27 touching on the laws of:

• Part I: Personal Rights (pages 1–132);
• Part II: Law of Property (pages 133–439)

Volume II begins at page 207.

Thoughts In Prison, William Dodd

Thompson Rare Book Collection

The following work, as the dates of the respective parts evince, was begun by its unhappy Author in his apartments at Newgate, on the evening of the day subsequent to his trial and conviction at Justice Hall; and was finished, amidst various necessary interruptions, in little more than the space of two months.

The few little pieces subjoined to the Thoughts, and the Author’s Last Prayer, were found amongst his papers. Their evident connection with the Poem was the inducement for adding them to the volume.

Written by the Rev. William Dodd, during his time in prison prior to …