The Persons Case

Author： Robert J. Sharpe   Patricia I. McMahon  

Publisher： University of Toronto Press‎

Publication year： 2008

E-ISBN: 9781442684980

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Language： ENG

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Description

The Persons Case is a comprehensive study of this important event, examining the case itself, the ruling of the Privy Council, and the profound affect that it had on women's rights and the constitutional history of Canada.

Chapter

Contents

Foreword

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 Decides

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 Case

Notes

Archival Sources

Facsimile of the Amended Petition

Illustration Credits

Index

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