The Persons case : the origins and legacy of the fight for legal personhood

The Persons case : the origins and legacy of the fight for legal personhood / Robert J. Sharpe and Patricia I. McMahon.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sharpe, Robert J.
Corporate Authors: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, Famous 5 Foundation
Other Authors: McMahon, Patricia I., 1972-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, c2007.
Subjects:
Murphy, Emily F. > (Emily Ferguson), > 1868-1933 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Edwards, Henrietta Muir, > 1849-1931 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Women's rights > Canada > History.
Political rights > Canada > History.
Persons (Law) > Canada > History.
Famous Five (Canadian women's rights activists)
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: 'A relic of days more barbarous than ours'
  • First of the five
  • The other four
  • Women and the law : the trials of legal personhood
  • Emily Murphy's Senate campaign
  • Going to court
  • The Supreme Court of Canada decides
  • The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the Canadian Constitution
  • Waiting to be heard
  • The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council decides
  • The political, cultural, and legal legacy of the Persons case.

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