![](https://d3ilqtpdwi981i.cloudfront.net/Mb21NajAedoAiK-PdsxAQMzf1zw=/425x550/smart/https://bepress-attached-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2d/73/27/2d7327ac-9060-45f3-9824-464219581b7c/thumbnail_50f493e9-8a25-44a9-b825-8eabaa70ada8.jpg)
Article
Tradition, Judges, and Civil Liberties in Canada
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
Keywords
- Judges,
- Civil rights--History,
- National security--History,
- Canada
Disciplines
Document Type
Commentary
Publication Date
4-1-2003
Abstract
Comments on the role of the first chief justice of Upper Canada, William Osgoode (1754-1824), on shaping the law during a period of "counter-revolutionary and anti-democratic repression throughout the British Empire." Concludes that laws were often presented as emergency legislation that nevertheless effectively became permanent, challenging civil liberties in times of political or social conflict
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0
Citation Information
Hay, Douglas. "Tradition, Judges, and Civil Liberties in Canada." Osgoode Hall Law Journal 41.2/3 (2003) : 319-322.
http://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ohlj/vol41/iss2/8