Canada, Constitutional law, Social Sciences, Black Canadians, Race, Discrimination 

Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History 

"The African Canadian Legal Odyssey explores the history of African Canadians and the law from the era of slavery until the early twenty-first century. ;This collection demonstrates that the social history of Blacks in Canada has always been inextricably bound to questi52.99ons of law, and that the role of the law in shaping Black life was often ambiguous and shifted over time. Comprised of eleven engaging chapters, organized both thematically and chronologically, it includes a substantive introduction that provides a synthesis and overview of this complex history. This outstanding collection will appeal to both advanced specialists and undergraduate students and makes an important contribution to an emerging field of scholarly inquiry."--Pub. desc. 

Content:
Introduction : from a property right to citizenship rights : the African Canadian legal odyssey / Barrington Walker -- Ethelbert Lionel Cross : Toronto's first Black lawyer / Susan Lewthwaite -- Constructing an "Imperial Pan-Africanist" : Henry Sylvester Williams as a university law student in Canada / J. Barry Cahill -- "Bitterly disappointed" at the spread of "colour-bar tactics" : Viola Desmond's challenge to racial segregation, Nova Scotia, 1946 / Constance Backhouse -- Creating the myth of 'raceless' justice in the murder trial of R. v. Richardson, Sandwich, 1903 / Susan McKelvey -- Maniacal murderer or death dealing car : the case of Daniel Perry Sampson, 1933-1935 / David Steeves -- The law's confirmation of racial inferiority : Christie v York / James W. St. G. Walker -- Errors of fact and law : race, space and hockey in Christie v. York / Eric M. Adams -- Slavery and slave law in the Maritimes / D.G. Bell, J. Barry Cahill, and Harvey Amani Whitfield -- The burden of history : race, culture, African Canadian subjectivity, and Canadian law in R v. Hamilton / David Sealy -- A Black day in court : "race" and judging in R. v. R.D.S. / James W. St. G. Walker. 

Includes bibliographical references.