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Book SynopsisThis collection investigates historical cases involving women and gender relations in order to uncover the power dynamics at the heart of the legal system.
Table of ContentsIntroduction Joan Sangster and Lori Chambers 1. The Trials of Caroline Ferguson: Reputation and Litigation in Quebec, 1852–1857 Eric Reiter 2. A Cause Célèbre: Marriage, Quebec Law, and the Delpit Affair of 1901 Mélanie Méthot 3. The Trials and Travails of Eliza Maria Campbell Jim Phillips 4. Meunier v. Macdonald and Secord, 1911: A Métis Woman Takes on Prominent Edmonton Settler Businessmen, Politicians, and Land Speculators Sarah Carter 5. Credibility, Corroboration, and Legal Betrayal of Rape Victims Constance Backhouse 6. The Execution of Tommasina Teolis: Capital Punishment, Gender, and Ethnicity in Quebec in the First Half of the Twentieth Century Don Fyson 7. The WTEA (1917), Canadian Women’s Suffrage, and Constitutional Thought in World War I Lyndsay Campbell 8. Discipline as Deterrence: Labour Relations and the Silencing of Feminist Labour Activists Joan Sangster and Julia Smith 9. Women Not Welcome: Martinie v. the Italian Society of Port Arthur Laura Nigro, Lori Chambers, and Michel Beaulieu 10. Internal and External Advocacy for Legal Reform: Genesis of the Ontario Family Law Act [1986] 1967–1986 Taylor Starr
