A milestone in Canadian legal history

IF 0.7 4区社会学 Q2 LAW

University of Toronto Law Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-25 DOI:10.3138/utlj-2023-0027

Bradley Miller, Heidi Bohaker, Lori Chambers, Michel Morin

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Abstract:This review essay critically examines the first volume, covering the period from pre-contact until 1866, of a three-volume history of law in Canada. The essay assesses, in particular, how the book deals with Indigenous law and Indigenous-settler legal relations as well as the histories of private law and criminal justice in the French and British colonies that now constitute Canada. The book is an extraordinary achievement. It surveys a vast number of legal issues across the three foundational legal traditions in Canada (Indigenous, French, and English), draws together a huge array of scholarly works and primary sources, and presents an impressive number of new arguments and interpretations. The review essay also examines how the book highlights issues where more research is needed because crucial questions remain unanswered as well as areas where the book could be revised for a future second edition. Overall, the essay concludes that this is a must-read work for anyone interested in Canadian legal history and the histories of Indigenous-settler relations and colonization. This book is a milestone in the discipline of Canadian legal history and will be a standard work for generations of scholars.

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加拿大法律史上的里程碑

摘要：这篇评论文章对三卷本的《加拿大法律史》的第一卷进行了批判性的研究，该卷涵盖了从人类接触前到 1866 年这段时期。文章特别评估了该书如何处理土著法律和土著与定居者的法律关系，以及现在构成加拿大的法属和英属殖民地的私法和刑事司法史。该书是一项非凡的成就。它调查了加拿大三大基础法律传统（土著法、法语和英语）中的大量法律问题，汇集了大量学术著作和原始资料，提出了大量新论点和新解释，令人印象深刻。这篇评论文章还探讨了该书如何突出了因关键问题仍未得到解答而需要进行更多研究的问题，以及该书在未来第二版中可进行修订的领域。总之，评论文章认为，对于任何对加拿大法律史以及土著与定居者关系史和殖民史感兴趣的人来说，这是一本必读之作。本书是加拿大法律史学科的一个里程碑，将成为几代学者的标准著作。

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