Constance Backhouse
Autor von Colour-Coded: A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950 (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History)
Über den Autor
Constance Backhouse is a Professor of Law and University Research Chair at the University of Ottawa.
Werke von Constance Backhouse
Colour-Coded: A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950 (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History) (1999) 45 Exemplare
Two Firsts: Bertha Wilson and Claire L’Heureux-Dubé at the Supreme Court of Canada (2019) 4 Exemplare
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Backhouse, Constance
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Backhouse, Constance Barbara
- Geburtstag
- 1952-02-19
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- Canada
- Geburtsort
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Ausbildung
- University of Manitoba
Osgoode Hall Law School
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- Member of the Order of Ontario
Member of the Order of Canada
Killam Prize (2008)
Trudeau Fellowship (2006)
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An intriguing case in legal history, this book reprints Mrs. Campbell's self-published work about her case, Where Angels Fear to Tread, with a prologue and epilogue by the Backhouse sisters (one a lawyer and the other a doctorate in law history). The prologue and epilogue provide excellent context for Mrs. Campbell's story and also discuss some of the major questions that rise out of the case. Mrs. Campbell's work itself is an engaging read as she chronicles her case from court to court in Ontario until taking her appeal to the Privy Council where she was ultimately victorious. Heavily annotated with in-depth end notes (be warned, there will be a lot of flipping to the back with this book) that add significant insights to the text, I found this to be a fascinating piece of Canadian history.… (mehr)