The Alberta Supreme Court at 100 : history and authority

Type
Book
ISBN 10
0888644930 
ISBN 13
9780888644930 
DDC
347.7123 
Category
Osgoode Society  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
2007 
Pages
xxvi, 366 pages 
Subject
Supreme Court of Alberta 
Abstract
"In celebration of the 2007 centennial of the Supreme Court of Alberta, ten essays have been commissioned by noted legal scholars to provide both an overview of the Court's institutional history and to describe the Albertan response to specific legal questions of the past century. This volume marks a substantial contribution to understanding the history and nature of the Alberta superior court."--Jacket. 
Description
Content:
History and authority: the past and present in the Supreme Court of Alberta / Jonathan Swainger -- The Supreme Court of Alberta: the formative years, 1905-1921 / Louis A. Knafla -- The power of law: judicial independence and the Supreme Court of Alberta, 1918 / Wayne N. Renke -- The Supreme Court of Alberta meets the Supreme Law of Canada / Dale Gibson -- The Supreme Court of Alberta and First Nations treaty hunting rights: federalism and respect for 'the Queen's promises' / Brian Calliou -- Space for religion: regulation of Hutterite expansion and the Superior Courts of Alberta / Jonnette Watson Hamilton -- The Supreme Court of Alberta and Water Law / Arlene J. Kwasniak -- Energy Law: the court and the prosperity bonus / Alastair R. Lucas -- The marriage of law and history: family law cases in the Alberta Supreme Court, 1907-2006 / Marie L. Gordon -- The province of persons: the Alberta Supreme Court and women's equality / Jennifer Koshan and Elizabeth Whitsitt -- Appendix: Judges of the Supreme Court of Alberta, 1907-2007. 
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