Legal History
In this section, you will find resources related to Canadian legal history.
Suggested Resources
The website presents three thematic sections with essays and selected documents about the Red and Black Series (Department of Indian and Northern Affairs' administrative records of Aboriginal people from 1872 to the 1950), Treaties, Surrenders and Agreements, and Aboriginal Soldiers in the First World War.
Related keywords: Aboriginal law (69),
Legal history (27),
Military law (10)
This site is about the history of Canada through the words of the men and women who shaped the nation. Built around the Government Documents collection of the Early Canadiana Online collection, it integrates narrative text with links to primary source texts. The site has been designed for students and teachers of Canadian studies, history and law, but will also be useful to researchers and anyone else interested in Canada's past.
Related keywords: Classroom materials (72),
Constitutional law (10),
Legal history (27)
An online exhibition on the history of women in the legal profession.Crossing the Bar was first mounted in 1993 at the Law Society of Upper Canada Museum in Toronto. Public interest in the exhibition prompted the Society to make it available to a wider audience by creating a travelling version in 1996. The web exhibition (2002) is based on the travelling version.
Related keywords: Lawyers (49),
Legal history (27)
The Historic Treaties section of the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) website includes resources on over 70 historical treaties negotiated with First Nations between 1701 and 1923, including historical research reports, images, maps, and bibliographies.
Related keywords: Aboriginal law (69),
Legal history (27),
Research reports and institutes (75)
Part 1 of this power point with audio gives an overview of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms since its beginning. It discusses what the Charter is and is not and explains in detail the meaning using examples in the specific sections of the Charter. Part 2 talks about Section 8, search and seizure. It delves more deeply into all the tests the courts do to determine if there really is a Charter infringement. There are some review questions at the end of the presentation.
Related keywords: Charter of Rights (19),
Classroom materials (72),
Legal process (100),
Legal research (69)
The people, past and present, who represent Canadians in Parliament and the key players in the parliamentary process.
Related keywords: Legal history (27),
Political process and voting (36)
