This section emphasizes links and resources relating to legal history in Alberta.
Alberta Lawyers: A Tradition of Vision, Leadership, Service
This special publication of LawNow Press, developed and produced by the Legal Resource Centre of Alberta Ltd., describes the enormous contributions made by those in the legal profession. The evolving roles and responsibilities of the Law Society of Alberta have mirrored, and even driven, social, economic and historical changes in Alberta. (April 2007)
Alberta's Political History - The Making of a Province
The Heritage Community Foundation is proud to provide a dynamic new platform to help make Alberta's history come alive for everyone! Explore aspects of Alberta's early history. This site examines the political history of the province. Topics to be uncovered here include Political Institutions and Process, People, and Events.
Canadian Legal History Resources
Legal history is a subject that draws on resources from both law and history. This guide has been compiled by the librarians at the University of Alberta and emphasizes Canadian legal history, and provides some key sources for legal history of other parts of the world, in particular Great Britain and the United States.
Great Alberta Law Cases
This dynamic resource explores Alberta's legal heritage. This interactive site presents in audio format dramatizations of 30 of Alberta's most interesting, contentious and influential legal battles and grounds them in a rich, multimedia historical context.
Legal Archives Society of Alberta
Mission: To preserve, make available, and interpret sources for the history of law in Alberta society.
Nature's Laws - Resources
The Nature's Laws Project was developed in a partnership involving the Heritage Community Foundation and representatives of First Nations from Treaty 6, 7 and 8. The project is a study of the legal codes and traditional governance of Alberta’s First Nations in the areas covered by Treaties 6, 7 and 8. It was structured as having research and public education components and involved Elders, academics and legal historians. The material examined was evidence found in oral histories, as well as case law, and the scholarly literature relating to Aboriginal People.
The Alberta Law Collection (The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project)
Libraries and Cultural Resources with the support of the Alberta Law Foundation is pleased to present the documents that form Alberta's legislative history. Here you will find all of the Statutes up to 1990, Legislative Assembly Bills, Debates and Journals, the Alberta Gazette and the Ordinances of the Northwest Territories prior to the birth of Alberta.
The Famous 5 Heritage Edukit
Together, they are known as the Famous 5—the women who struggled to have women declared "persons" so they could be appointed to the Canadian Senate. Individually, each was a prominent women's leader in her own right. The Famous 5 Heritage Edukit is based on the Nation Builders Teacher Resource Guide, produced by a senior Social Studies consultant on contract to the Famous 5 Foundation. Included are three lesson plans for both elementary and junior/senior high school students that address topics such as the Persons Case, Families and Communities and Citizenship.
The Making of Treaty 8 in Canada's Northwest
The Making of Treaty #8 in Canada’s Northwest, a Virtual Museum of Canada exhibit, commemorates a historic event of enormous importance to Alberta’s northern First Nations.
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