The Canadian Department of Justice and the Completion of Confederation, 1867-78
Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr
Published: June 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9780774807920
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Central government policies; Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law; Political structure & processes; c 1800 to c 1900; History; Canada - General; History: World; Canada; 19th century; 1867-1914; Canada.; Dept. of Justice; Justice, Administration of; Politics and government
Description: "Jonathan Swainger considers the growth and development of the ostensibly apolitical Department of Justice in the eleven years after the union of 1867. Drawing on legal records and other archival documents, he details the complex interactions between law and politics, exploring how expectations both inside and outside the legal system created an environment in which the department acted as an advisor to the government.

He concludes by considering the post-1878 legacy of the department's approach to governance, wherein any problem, legal or otherwise, was made amenable to politicized solutions." "The Canadian Department of Justice and the Completion of Confederation will be of particular interest to students and scholars of Canadian legal and political history."--BOOK JACKET.