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Petticoats And Prejudice Women S Press Classics
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Author : Constance Backhouse
language : en
Publisher: Canadian Scholars’ Press
Release Date : 2015-02-01
Petticoats And Prejudice Women S Press Classics written by Constance Backhouse and has been published by Canadian Scholars’ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-01 with Law categories.
Drawing on historical records of women’s varying experiences as litigants, accused criminals, or witnesses, this book offers critical insight into women’s legal status in nineteenth-century Canada. In an effort to recover the social and political conditions under which women lobbied, rebelled, and in some cases influenced change, Petticoats and Prejudice weaves together forgotten stories of achievement and defeat in the Canadian legal system. Expanding the concept of “heroism” beyond its traditional limitations, this text gives life to some of Canada’s lost heroines. Euphemia Rabbitt, who resisted an attempted rape, and Clara Brett Martin, who valiantly secured entry into the all-male legal profession, were admired by their contemporaries for their successful pursuits of justice. But Ellen Rogers, a prostitute who believed all women should be legally protected against sexual assault, and Nellie Armstrong, a battered wife and mother who sought child custody, were ostracized for their ideas and demands. Well aware of the limitations placed upon women advocating for reform in a patriarchal legal system, Constance Backhouse recreates vivid and textured snapshots of these and other women’s courageous struggles against gender discrimination and oppression. Employing social history to illuminate the reproductive, sexual, racial, and occupational inequalities that continue to shape women’s encounters with the law, Petticoats and Prejudice is an essential entry point into the gendered treatment of feminized bodies in Canadian legal institutions. This book was co-published with The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
Criminal Artefacts
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Author : Dawn Moore
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2007
Criminal Artefacts written by Dawn Moore and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Law categories.
Annotation Attitudes towards crime, criminals, and rehabilitation have shifted considerably, yet the idea that there is a causal link between drug adiction and crime prevails.
Colour Coded
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Author : Constance Backhouse
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 1999-11-20
Colour Coded written by Constance Backhouse and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-11-20 with Social Science categories.
Historically Canadians have considered themselves to be more or less free of racial prejudice. Although this conception has been challenged in recent years, it has not been completely dispelled. In Colour-Coded, Constance Backhouse illustrates the tenacious hold that white supremacy had on our legal system in the first half of this century, and underscores the damaging legacy of inequality that continues today. Backhouse presents detailed narratives of six court cases, each giving evidence of blatant racism created and enforced through law. The cases focus on Aboriginal, Inuit, Chinese-Canadian, and African-Canadian individuals, taking us from the criminal prosecution of traditional Aboriginal dance to the trial of members of the 'Ku Klux Klan of Kanada.' From thousands of possibilities, Backhouse has selected studies that constitute central moments in the legal history of race in Canada. Her selection also considers a wide range of legal forums, including administrative rulings by municipal councils, criminal trials before police magistrates, and criminal and civil cases heard by the highest courts in the provinces and by the Supreme Court of Canada. The extensive and detailed documentation presented here leaves no doubt that the Canadian legal system played a dominant role in creating and preserving racial discrimination. A central message of this book is that racism is deeply embedded in Canadian history despite Canada's reputation as a raceless society. Winner of the Joseph Brant Award, presented by the Ontario Historical Society
Essays In The History Of Canadian Law Volume Xii
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Author : Lori Chambers
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2023-10-02
Essays In The History Of Canadian Law Volume Xii written by Lori Chambers and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-02 with History categories.
Drawing on engaging case studies, Essays in the History of Canadian Law brings the law to life. The contributors to this collection provide rich historical and social context for each case, unravelling the process of legal decision-making and explaining the impact of the law on the people involved in legal disputes. Examining the law not simply as legislation and institutions, but as discourse, practice, symbols, rhetoric, and language, the book’s chapters show the law as both oppressive and constraining and as a point of contention and means of resistance. This collection presents new approaches and concerns, as well as re-examinations of existing themes with new evidence and modes of storytelling. Contributors cover many legal thematic areas, from criminal to labour, civil, administrative, and human rights law, spanning English and French Canada, and ranging from the mid-eighteenth century to the late twentieth century. The legal cases vary from precedent-setting cases to lesser-known ones, from those driven by one woman’s quest for personal justice to others in which state actors dominate. Bringing to light how the people embroiled in these cases interacted with the legal system, the book reveals the ramifications of a legal system characterized by multiple layers of inequality.
Pistols And Petticoats
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Author : Erika Janik
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date : 2016-04-26
Pistols And Petticoats written by Erika Janik and has been published by Beacon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-26 with Social Science categories.
A lively exploration of the struggles faced by women in law enforcement and mystery fiction for the past 175 years In 1910, Alice Wells took the oath to join the all-male Los Angeles Police Department. She wore no uniform, carried no weapon, and kept her badge stuffed in her pocketbook. She wasn’t the first or only policewoman, but she became the movement’s most visible voice. Police work from its very beginning was considered a male domain, far too dangerous and rough for a respectable woman to even contemplate doing, much less take on as a profession. A policewoman worked outside the home, walking dangerous city streets late at night to confront burglars, drunks, scam artists, and prostitutes. To solve crimes, she observed, collected evidence, and used reason and logic—traits typically associated with men. And most controversially of all, she had a purpose separate from her husband, children, and home. Women who donned the badge faced harassment and discrimination. It would take more than seventy years for women to enter the force as full-fledged officers. Yet within the covers of popular fiction, women not only wrote mysteries but also created female characters that handily solved crimes. Smart, independent, and courageous, these nineteenth- and early twentieth-century female sleuths (including a healthy number created by male writers) set the stage for Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, Sara Paretsky’s V. I. Warshawski, Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta, and Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone, as well as TV detectives such as Prime Suspect’s Jane Tennison and Law and Order’s Olivia Benson. The authors were not amateurs dabbling in detection but professional writers who helped define the genre and competed with men, often to greater success. Pistols and Petticoats tells the story of women’s very early place in crime fiction and their public crusade to transform policing. Whether real or fictional, investigating women were nearly always at odds with society. Most women refused to let that stop them, paving the way to a modern professional life for women on the force and in popular culture.
History Of The Canadian Peoples Beginnings To 1867
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Author : Margaret Conrad
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
History Of The Canadian Peoples Beginnings To 1867 written by Margaret Conrad and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
Killing Infants
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Author : Brigitte Bechtold
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Killing Infants written by Brigitte Bechtold and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Social Science categories.
Contains a collection of twelve essays about the practice of infanticide in different parts of the world. This book includes a multidisciplinary bibliography of the infanticide literature.
The American Historical Association S Guide To Historical Literature
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Author : American Historical Association
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The American Historical Association S Guide To Historical Literature written by American Historical Association and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Best books categories.
Contains nearly 2,000 annotated citations (primarily English language works) divided into forth-eight sections ; citations refer chiefly to works published between 1961 and 1992.
Pride And Prejudice
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Author : Jane Austen
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Group(CA)
Release Date : 1994
Pride And Prejudice written by Jane Austen and has been published by Penguin Group(CA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Courtship categories.
First published in 1813.
The Petticoat Rebellion
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Author : Marian Ramelson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
The Petticoat Rebellion written by Marian Ramelson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Political Science categories.