Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America by Philip ... - 9781442644106

Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North AmericaBeamish Murdoch of Halifax\nAuthor(s): Philip Girard\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781442644106, 978-1442644106\nSynopsis\nFrom award-winning biographer Philip Girard, Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America is the first history of the legal profession in Canada to emphasize its cross-provincial similarities and its deep roots in the colonial period. Girard details how nineteenth-century British North American lawyers created a distinctive Canadian template for the profession by combining the strong collective governance of the English tradition with the high degree of creativity and client responsiveness characteristic of [url] lawyers a mix that forms the basis of the legal profession in Canada today.\n\n Girard provides a unique window on the interconnections between lawyers' roles as community leaders and as legal professionals. Centre.