Description
| Summary: | "Prepared to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the establishment of Nova Scotia's Supreme Court, this volume provides a wide-ranging history of the institution, Canada's oldest common law court. The thirteen essays include an account of the first meeting in 1754 of the court in Michaelmas Term; surveys of jurisprudence covering such topics as the court's early federalism cases, its use of American law, and attitudes to the administrative state; and chapters on the courts of Westminster Hall, on which the Supreme Court was modelled, and the various courthouses it has occupied. Comprehensive introductory chapters on the pre-confederation and modern periods provide a contextual framework for the volume."--Jacket.
|
|---|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations, maps. |
|---|
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|---|
| ISBN: | 9781442655539
1442655534
9781442623774
1442623772 |
|---|
| Language: | English. |
|---|
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 11, 2016). |
|---|