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Author:
Sharpe, Robert J.
Title:
The Persons case : the origins and legacy of the fight for legal personhood / Robert J. Sharpe and Patricia I. McMahon.
Publisher:
Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press,
Copyright Date:
c2007
Description:
xi, 269 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Murphy, Emily F.--(Emily Ferguson),--1868-1933--Trials, litigation, etc.
Whitney, Henrietta Edwards,--1785-1870--Trials, litigation, etc.
Famous Five (Canadian women's rights activists)
Women's rights--Canada--History.
Political rights--Canada--History.
Persons (Law)--Canada--History.
Other Authors:
McMahon, Patricia I., 1972-
Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: 'A relic of days more barbarous than ours' -- First of the five -- The other four -- Women and the law : the trials of legal personhood -- Emily Murphy's Senate campaign -- Going to court -- The Supreme Court of Canada decides -- The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the Canadian Constitution -- Waiting to be heard -- The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council decides -- The political, cultural, and legal legacy of the Persons case.
ISBN:
0802097502
9780802097507
OCLC:
(OCoLC)150223014
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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