3. The Ten Thousand Pound Job': Political Corruption, Equitable Jurisdiction, and the Public Interest in Upper Canada 1852-6

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword. THE OSGOODE SOCIETY vii
4. Preface ix
5. Contributors xiii
6. 1. Instruments of Commerce and Authority: The Civil Courts in Upper Canada 1789-1812 1
7. 2. Legal Education in Upper Canada 1785-1889: The Law Society as Educator 49
8. 3. The Ten Thousand Pound Job': Political Corruption, Equitable Jurisdiction, and the Public Interest in Upper Canada 1852-6 143
9. 4. Nineteenth-Century Canadian Rape Law 1800-92 200
10. 5. Law and Ideology: The Toronto Police Court 1850-80 248
11. 6. The Kamloops Outlaws and Commissions of Assize in Nineteenth-Century British Columbia 308
12. 7. Private Rights and Public Purposes in the Lakes, Rivers, and Streams of Ontario 1870-1930 365
13. 8. This Nuisance of Litigation': The Origins of Workers' Compensation in Ontario 418
14. 9. The Evolution of the Ontario Courts 1788-1981 492
15. Table of Cases 573
16. Index 575
17. Backmatter 595