Author: Arthur James Wells
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1422

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Author: New Zealand. Parliament
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Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 1336

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Author: Constance Backhouse
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774850736
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 345

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In 1922, Elizabeth Bethune Campbell, a Toronto-born socialite, unearthed what she initially thought was an unsigned copy of her mother’s will, designating her as the primary beneficiary of the estate. The discovery snowballed into a fourteen-year-battle with the Ontario legal establishment, as Mrs. Campbell attempted to prove that her uncle, a prominent member of Ontario’s legal circle, had stolen funds from her mother’s estate. In 1930, she argued her case before the Law Lords of the Privy Council in London. A non-lawyer and Canadian, with no formal education or legal training, Campbell was the first woman to ever appear before them. She won. Reprinted here in its entirety, Campbell’s self-published account of her campaign, Where Angels Fear to Tread, is an eloquent first-person view of intrigue and overlapping spheres of influence in the early-twentieth-century legal system. Constance Backhouse and Nancy Backhouse provide extensive commentary and annotations to lluminate the context and pick up the narrative where Campbell’s book leaves off. Vibrantly written, this is an enthralling read. Not only a fascinating social and legal history, it’s also a very good story.

Author: John B. Nann
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300235682
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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The study of legal history has a broad application that extends well beyond the interests of legal historians. An attorney arguing a case today may need to cite cases that are decades or even centuries old, and historians studying political or cultural history often encounter legal issues that affect their main subjects. Both groups need to understand the laws and legal practices of past eras. This essential reference is intended for the many nonspecialists who need to enter this arcane and often tricky area of research.

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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 374

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Vols. 1- include Proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries.

Author: John Indermaur
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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Author: H. Kay Jones
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 672

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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 752

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Author: American Historical Association
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press
ISBN: 9780198223894
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1636

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