The British Columbia Court of Appeal : the first one hundred years, 1910-2010
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0774818646
ISBN 13
9780774818643
DDC
347.711
Category
Osgoode Society
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Publication Year
2010
Publisher
Pages
xiv, 284 pages
Subject
Canadian Biography
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Abstract
"Courts of law at once reflect and shape the society in which they reside and dispense justice. To mark the 2010 centenary of British Columbia's highest court - the British Columbia Court of Appeal - this book presents an institutional, jurisprudential, and biographical account of the court and its evolving role in the province.
Surveying the court's history from 1910 to the present, this authoritative history tells the story of how the court came into being, how it has operated, who its judges have been, and how it has shaped - and been shaped by - the social, political and legal development of the province. Biographical sketches and portraits of judges drawn from memoirs, interviews and other written sources, along with careful explorations of significant and presentative cases, help to define each period in the court's past and reveal much about historical developments in British Columbia and changes in the court itself..." - Cover
Surveying the court's history from 1910 to the present, this authoritative history tells the story of how the court came into being, how it has operated, who its judges have been, and how it has shaped - and been shaped by - the social, political and legal development of the province. Biographical sketches and portraits of judges drawn from memoirs, interviews and other written sources, along with careful explorations of significant and presentative cases, help to define each period in the court's past and reveal much about historical developments in British Columbia and changes in the court itself..." - Cover
Description
Content:
The origins of the Court -- The Founders' Court, 1910-40 : the Macdonald-Martin courts -- Transition and growth, 1940-57 : the Macdonald-McDonald-Sloan courts -- A growing court in a growing province, 1958-78 : the DesBrisay-Lett-Davey-Farris courts -- Justice on a new scale, 1979-2001 : The Nemetz-McEachern courts -- Toward a second century, 2001-2010 : the Finch court -- Appendix A. Judges of the British Columbia Court of Appeal, 1909-2009 -- Appendix B. Note on methods.
The origins of the Court -- The Founders' Court, 1910-40 : the Macdonald-Martin courts -- Transition and growth, 1940-57 : the Macdonald-McDonald-Sloan courts -- A growing court in a growing province, 1958-78 : the DesBrisay-Lett-Davey-Farris courts -- Justice on a new scale, 1979-2001 : The Nemetz-McEachern courts -- Toward a second century, 2001-2010 : the Finch court -- Appendix A. Judges of the British Columbia Court of Appeal, 1909-2009 -- Appendix B. Note on methods.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1
