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 /

"On 18 October 1929, John Sankey, England's reform-minded Lord Chancellor, ruled 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 Canada's u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sharpe, Robert J.
Corporate Author: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Other Authors: McMahon, Patricia I., 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, ©2007.
Series:Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
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.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada > History.
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
History.
Trials, litigation, etc.
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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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