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Established in 1979, the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History publishes books on Canadian legal history, and creates and preserves an oral history archive. Since 1981 the Society has published more than 109 books, on a diverse range of topics in Canadian legal history and has recorded more than 600 oral histories from various members of the legal profession.
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The Osgoode Society publishes books on an array of topics in Canadian legal history that interest members of the legal profession and the general public alike. Find out more about our publications…
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The Laws and the Land: The Settler Colonial Invasion of Kahnawà:ke in Nineteenth-Century Canada
by Daniel Rúck, Associate Professor of History, University of Ottawa
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Truth and Privilege: Libel Law in Massachusetts and Nova Scotia, 1820-1840
by Professor Lindsay Campbell of the University of Calgary
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Tax in Canada: Laying the Foundations 1917-1948
by Professor Colin Campbell of Western University and Robert Raizenne of Osler Hoskin
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The Federal Courts at Fifty: Equity, Droit, Admiralty
edited by Professors Martine Valois (University of Montreal), Ian Greene (York University), Craig Forcese (University of Ottawa), and Peter McCormick (University of Lethbridge)