The Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba, 1870-1950

A Biographical History

Dale Brawn (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

432 Seiten

2006
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-0-8020-9225-0 (ISBN)

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This study of the Manitoba judiciary is not only the first biographical history to examine an entire provincial bench, it is also one of the first studies to offer an internal view of the political nature of the judicial appointment process. Dale Brawn has penned the biographies of the first thirty-three men appointed to Manitoba's Court of Queen's Bench. The relative youth of Manitoba as a province and the small size of its legal profession makes possible an exceptionally detailed investigation of the background of those appointed to the province's highest trial court.

The biographical data that Brawn has collected for this book highlights the extent to which judicial candidates underwent a socialization process designed to produce a legal elite whose members shared remarkably similar views and ways of thinking. In addition, these biographies suggest that until at least 1950, seats on provincial benches were rewards for political services rendered. Many lawyers became judges not because of their legal ability, but because they had made themselves known in the communities in which they practiced. This fascinating study offers an intimate look at personalities ranging from prime ministers to members of the bench and both senior levels of government.

Dale Brawn is an assistant professor in the Department of Law and Justice at Laurentian University.

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Red River Settlement Becomes a Province, 1872

Alexander Morris

A Time of Controversy, 1872–1878

James Charles McKeagney
Louis Betournay
Edmund Burke Wood

The End of an Era, 1879–1884

Joseph Dubuc
James Andrews Miller
Lewis Wallbridge
Thomas Wardlaw Taylor
Robert Smith

The Manitoba Bar Comes of Age, 1885–1907

Albert Clements Killam
John Farqhuar Bain
Albert Elswood Richards
William Edgerton Perdue
Thomas Graham Mathers
Daniel Alexander Macdonald

The Emergence of a Provincial Elite, 1908–1920

John Donald Cameron
Thomas Llewellyn Metcalfe
James Emile Pierre Prendergast
Hugh Amos Robson
Alexander Casimir Galt
John Philpot Curran

A Time of Transition, 1921–1938

Andrew Knox Dysart
John Evans Adamson
James Frederick Kilgour
William James Donovan
Percival John Montague
Fawcett Gowler Taylor
Ewen Alexander McPherson

A Most Political Bench, 1939–1950

William James Major
Esten Kenneth Williams
Arnold Munroe Campbell
Joseph Thomas Beaubien
John Joseph Kelly

Conclusion

Appendices

Notes

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Introduction and Conclusion

Biographical

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.12.2006
Reihe/Serie	Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 236 mm
Gewicht	940 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8020-9225-X / 080209225X
ISBN-13	978-0-8020-9225-0 / 9780802092250
Zustand	Neuware