ARACE A RIGHTS & THE LAW IN TH: Historical Case Studies - Hardcover

 
9780889202894: ARACE A RIGHTS & THE LAW IN TH: Historical Case Studies

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Drawing on four cases relating to race between 1914 and 1955, Walker (history, U. of Waterloo) explores the role of the Canadian Supreme Court and the law in racializing Canadian society. He demonstrates that the justices were expressing the prevailing common sense in their legal decisions, and argues that the law has created the conditions for the country's chronic racism. He projects past and current trends into the future. Co-published by the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Canadian card order number: C97-931762-2. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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James W. St.G. Walker is a professor of history at the University of Waterloo, where he specializes in the history of human rights and race relations. His books include The Black Loyalists and "Race", Rights and the Law in the Supreme Court of Canada (WLU Press, 1998), and he has published numerous articles and book chapters analyzing campaigns for human rights reform.

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ISBN 10:  0889203067 ISBN 13:  9780889203068
Verlag: WILFRID LAURIER UNIV PR, 1998
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