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Legal History

Monographs

Please note that only monographs available online are listed in this section.

Colour-Coded : A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950 by Constance Backhouse
Essays in the History of Canadian Law. Volume 1 by David H. Flaherty.
Works in the "Essays in the History of Canadian Law" series are designed to illustrate the diverse possibilities for research and writing in Canadian legal history. In combination, these volumes reflect the ecumenical scope of legal history as an intellectual enterprise and invite continued inquiry into all aspects of our judicial past.
Essays in the History of Canadian Law. Volume 5, Crime and Criminal Justice by Jim Phillips, Tina Loo and Susan Lewthwaite
Essays in the History of Canadian Law: Volume 10, A Tribute to Peter N. Oliver by Jim Phillips, R. Roy McMurtry and John T. Saywell.
The Formation of English Common Law : Law and Society in England from the Norman Conquest to Magna Carta by John Hudson
History of Canadian Legal Thought : Collected Essays by R. C. B. Risk ; edited and introduced by G. Blaine Baker and Jim Phillips.
A History of Law in Canada. Volume 1 by Philip Girard, Jim Phillips, and R. Blake Brown
An Introduction to English Legal History by Sir John Baker
The Lawmakers : Judicial Power and the Shaping of Canadian Federalism by John T. Saywell.
The Oxford History of the Laws of England: Volume XI: 1820–1914 English Legal System by Sir John Baker
The Oxford History of the Laws of England: Volume XII: 1820–1914 Private Law by Sir John Baker
The Oxford History of the Laws of England: Volume XIII: 1820–1914 Fields of Development by Sir John Baker
White Man's Law : Native People in Nineteenth-Century Canadian Jurisprudence by Sidney L. Harring.