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The Persons Case : The Origins and Legacy of the Fight for Legal Personhood / Patricia I. McMahon, Robert J. Sharpe.

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On 18 October 1929, John Sankey, England's reform-minded Lord Chancellor, ruled in the Persons case that women were eligible for appointment to Canada's Senate. Initiated by Edmonton judge Emily Murphy and four other activist women, the Persons case challenged the exclusion of women from C...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Authors: Sharpe, Robert J. (Author), McMahon, Patricia I. (Author)
Other Authors: McMurtry, R. Roy (Contributor), Phillips, Jim (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2022]
Series:Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Subjects:
Persons (Law) > Canada > History.
Political rights > Canada > History.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada > History.
Women's rights > Canada > History.
Persons (Law)
Political rights
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Women's rights
Canada
History
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword: The Osgoode Society For Canadian Legal History
  • Preface
  • Introduction: 'A Relic of Days More Barbarous Than Ours'
  • 1 First of the Five
  • 2 The Other Four
  • 3 Women and the Law: The Trials of Legal Personhood
  • 4 Emily Murphy's Senate Campaign
  • 5 Going to Court
  • 6 The Supreme Court of Canada
  • 7 The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the Canadian Constitution
  • 8 Waiting to Be Heard
  • 9 The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Decides
  • 10 The Political, Cultural, and Legal Legacy of the Persons
  • Notes
  • Archival Sources
  • Facsimile of the Amended Petition
  • November 1927
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index
  • Publications of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

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