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Reckoning with Racism

Police, Judges, and the RDS Case

By: Constance Backhouse

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Reckoning with Racism

Police, Judges, and the RDS Case

By: Constance Backhouse

In 1997, complacency about the racial neutrality of a predominantly white judiciary was shattered as the Supreme Court of Canada considered a complaint of judicial racial bias for the first time. The judge in question was Corrine Sparks, the country’s first Black female judge. Reckoning with Racism considers the RDS case. A white Halifax police officer had arrested a Black teenager, placed him in a choke hold, and charged him with assaulting an officer and obstructing arrest. In acquitting the teen, Judge Sparks remarked that police sometimes overreacted when dealing with non-white youth. The acquittal held, but most of the white appeal judges critiqued her comments, based on the tradition that the legal system was non-racist unless proven otherwise. That became a matter of wide debate. This book assesses the case of alleged anti-white judicial bias, the surrounding excitement, the dramatic effects on those involved, and the significance for the Canadian legal system.

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UBC Press

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0774868295

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9780774868297

Two Firsts

Bertha Wilson and Claire L’Heureux-Dubé at the Supreme Court of Canada

By: Constance Backhouse

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Two Firsts

Bertha Wilson and Claire L’Heureux-Dubé at the Supreme Court of Canada

By: Constance Backhouse

Bertha Wilson and Claire L’Heureux-Dubé were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada. Their 1980s judicial appointments delighted feminists and shocked the legal establishment. Polar opposites in background and temperament, the two faced many identical challenges. Constance Backhouse’s compelling narrative explores the sexist roadblocks both women faced in education, law practice, and in the courts. She profiles their different ways of coping, their landmark decisions for women’s rights, and their less stellar records on race. To explore the lives and careers of these two path-breaking women is to venture into a world of legal sexism from a past era. The question becomes, how much of that sexism has been relegated to the bins of history, and how much continues?

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Second Story Press

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1772600946

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9781772600940

The Heiress vs the Establishment

Mrs. Campbell's Campaign for Legal Justice

By: Constance Backhouse,Nancy L. Backhouse

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The Heiress vs the Establishment

Mrs. Campbell's Campaign for Legal Justice

By: Constance Backhouse,Nancy L. Backhouse

In 1922, Elizabeth Bethune Campbell, a Toronto-born socialite, unearthed what she initially thought was an unsigned copy of her mother’s will, designating her as the primary beneficiary of the estate. The discovery snowballed into a fourteen-year-battle with the Ontario legal establishment, as Mrs. Campbell attempted to prove that her uncle, a prominent member of Ontario’s legal circle, had stolen funds from her mother’s estate. In 1930, she argued her case before the Law Lords of the Privy Council in London. A non-lawyer and Canadian, with no formal education or legal training, Campbell was the first woman to ever appear before them. She won. Reprinted here in its entirety, Campbell’s self-published account of her campaign, Where Angels Fear to Tread, is an eloquent first-person view of intrigue and overlapping spheres of influence in the early-twentieth-century legal system. Constance Backhouse and Nancy Backhouse provide extensive commentary and annotations to lluminate the context and pick up the narrative where Campbell’s book leaves off. Vibrantly written, this is an enthralling read. Not only a fascinating social and legal history, it’s also a very good story.

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UBC Press

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0774850736

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Petticoats and Prejudice - Women's Press Classics

Women and Law in Nineteenth-Century Canada

By: Constance Backhouse

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Women and Law in Nineteenth-Century Canada

By: Constance Backhouse

Drawing on historical records of women’s varying experiences as litigants, accused criminals, or witnesses, this book offers critical insight into women’s legal status in nineteenth-century Canada. In an effort to recover the social and political conditions under which women lobbied, rebelled, and in some cases influenced change, Petticoats and Prejudice weaves together forgotten stories of achievement and defeat in the Canadian legal system. Expanding the concept of “heroism” beyond its traditional limitations, this text gives life to some of Canada’s lost heroines. Euphemia Rabbitt, who resisted an attempted rape, and Clara Brett Martin, who valiantly secured entry into the all-male legal profession, were admired by their contemporaries for their successful pursuits of justice. But Ellen Rogers, a prostitute who believed all women should be legally protected against sexual assault, and Nellie Armstrong, a battered wife and mother who sought child custody, were ostracized for their ideas and demands. Well aware of the limitations placed upon women advocating for reform in a patriarchal legal system, Constance Backhouse recreates vivid and textured snapshots of these and other women’s courageous struggles against gender discrimination and oppression. Employing social history to illuminate the reproductive, sexual, racial, and occupational inequalities that continue to shape women’s encounters with the law, Petticoats and Prejudice is an essential entry point into the gendered treatment of feminized bodies in Canadian legal institutions. This book was co-published with The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.

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Canadian Scholars’ Press

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0889615225

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9780889615229

Petticoats and Prejudice - Women's Press Classics

Women and Law in Nineteenth-Century Canada

By: Constance Backhouse

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Women and Law in Nineteenth-Century Canada

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Claire L’Heureux-Dubé

A Life

By: Constance Backhouse

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Claire L’Heureux-Dubé

A Life

By: Constance Backhouse

Both lionized and vilified, Claire L’Heureux-Dubé has shaped the Canadian legal landscape – and in particular its highest court. The second woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, and the first from Quebec, she was known as “the great dissenter” on the bench, making judgments that were applauded and criticized in turn. L’Heureux-Dubé’s innovative legal approach was anchored in the social, economic, and political context of her cases. Constance Backhouse employs a similar tactic. Rather than focusing exclusively on her high-profile cases and jurisprudential legacy, sheexplores the socio-political and cultural setting in which L’Heureux-Dubé’s career unfolded, while also considering her personal life. This compelling biography covers aspects of legal history that have never been so fully investigated, enhancing our understanding of the judiciary, the creation of law, the distinctive socio-legal environment of Quebec, the experiences of women in the legal profession, and the inner workings of the top court.

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UBC Press

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0774836350

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9780774836357

Colour-coded

A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950

By: Constance Backhouse,Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

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A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950

By: Constance Backhouse,Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

Backhouse presents detailed narratives of six court cases, each giving evidence of blatant racism created and enforced through law."--BOOK JACKET.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802082866

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9780802082862

The Heiress vs the Establishment

Mrs. Campbell's Campaign for Legal Justice

By: Constance Backhouse,Nancy L. Backhouse

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Mrs. Campbell's Campaign for Legal Justice

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A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950

By: Constance Backhouse

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A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950

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Historically Canadians have considered themselves to be more or less free of racial prejudice. Although this conception has been challenged in recent years, it has not been completely dispelled. In Colour-Coded, Constance Backhouse illustrates the tenacious hold that white supremacy had on our legal system in the first half of this century, and underscores the damaging legacy of inequality that continues today. Backhouse presents detailed narratives of six court cases, each giving evidence of blatant racism created and enforced through law. The cases focus on Aboriginal, Inuit, Chinese-Canadian, and African-Canadian individuals, taking us from the criminal prosecution of traditional Aboriginal dance to the trial of members of the 'Ku Klux Klan of Kanada.' From thousands of possibilities, Backhouse has selected studies that constitute central moments in the legal history of race in Canada. Her selection also considers a wide range of legal forums, including administrative rulings by municipal councils, criminal trials before police magistrates, and criminal and civil cases heard by the highest courts in the provinces and by the Supreme Court of Canada. The extensive and detailed documentation presented here leaves no doubt that the Canadian legal system played a dominant role in creating and preserving racial discrimination. A central message of this book is that racism is deeply embedded in Canadian history despite Canada's reputation as a raceless society. Winner of the Joseph Brant Award, presented by the Ontario Historical Society

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1442690852

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Secret Loves

By: Constance O'Day-Flannery,Flannery Constance Oday,Wendy Haley,Catherine Palmer,Cheryl Lanham

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Secret Loves

By: Constance O'Day-Flannery,Flannery Constance Oday,Wendy Haley,Catherine Palmer,Cheryl Lanham

Nothing is quite as romantic as a crush, a secret admirer, or an anonymous love letter. Now, O'Day-Flannery, the New York Times bestselling author of Timeless Passion, joins Wendy Haley, Cheryl Lanham, and Catherine Palmer in capturing the mystery and passion of secret loves.

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0425141241

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Claire L’Heureux-Dubé

A Life

By: Constance Backhouse

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A Life

By: Constance Backhouse

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Carnal Crimes

Sexual Assault Law in Canada, 1900-1975

By: Constance Backhouse

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Carnal Crimes

Sexual Assault Law in Canada, 1900-1975

By: Constance Backhouse

A powerful book by one of Canada's leading legal historians on sexual assault.

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1552211789

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The Heiress vs the Establishment

Mrs. Campbell's Campaign for Legal Justice

By: Constance Backhouse,Nancy L. Backhouse

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Mrs. Campbell's Campaign for Legal Justice

By: Constance Backhouse,Nancy L. Backhouse

In 1922, Elizabeth Bethune Campbell, a Toronto-born socialite, unearthed what she initially thought was an unsigned copy of her mother's will, designating her as the primary beneficiary of the estate. The discovery snowballed into a fourteen-year-battle with the Ontario legal establishment, as Mrs. Campbell attempted to prove that her uncle, a prominent member of Ontario's legal circle, had stolen funds from her mother's estate. In 1930, she argued her case before the Law Lords of the Privy Council in London. A non-lawyer and Canadian, with no formal education or legal training, Campbell was the first woman to ever appear before them. She won. Reprinted here in its entirety, Campbell's self-published account of her campaign, Where Angels Fear to Tread, is an eloquent first-person view of intrigue and overlapping spheres of influence in the early-twentieth-century legal system. Constance Backhouse and Nancy Backhouse provide extensive commentary and annotations to lluminate the context and pick up the narrative where Campbell's book leaves off. Vibrantly written, this is an enthralling read. Not only a fascinating social and legal history, it's also a very good story.

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Reckoning with Racism

Reckoning with Racism

Two Firsts

Two Firsts

The Heiress vs the Establishment

The Heiress vs the Establishment

Petticoats and Prejudice - Women's Press Classics

Petticoats and Prejudice - Women's Press Classics

Petticoats and Prejudice - Women's Press Classics

Petticoats and Prejudice - Women's Press Classics

Claire L’Heureux-Dubé

Claire L’Heureux-Dubé

Colour-coded

Colour-coded

The Heiress vs the Establishment

The Heiress vs the Establishment

Colour-Coded

Colour-Coded

Secret Loves

Secret Loves

Claire L’Heureux-Dubé

Claire L’Heureux-Dubé

Carnal Crimes

Carnal Crimes

The Heiress vs the Establishment

The Heiress vs the Establishment

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