The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, 1754-2004
Subtitle: from imperial bastion to provincial oracle
By: edited by Philip Girard, Jim Phillips, and Barry Cahill.
Contributors: Girard, Philip.; Phillips, Jim, 1954-; Cahill, Barry.; Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
Publisher: Published for The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 515
ISBN-13: 9780802080219
Subjects: Nova Scotia. -- Supreme Court -- History.; Nouvelle-Écosse. -- Supreme Court -- Histoire.
Description: "Prepared to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the establishment of Nova Scotia's Supreme Court, this volume provides a wide-ranging history of the institution, Canada's oldest common law court. The thirteen essays include an account of the first meeting in 1754 of the court in Michaelmas Term; surveys of jurisprudence covering such topics as the court's early federalism cases, its use of American law, and attitudes to the administrative state; and chapters on the courts of Westminster Hall, on which the Supreme Court was modelled, and the various courthouses it has occupied. Comprehensive introductory chapters on the pre-confederation and modern periods provide a contextual framework for the volume."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.