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  • Two Firsts

    Bertha Wilson and Claire L’Heureux-Dubé at the Supreme Court of Canada

    de Constance Backhouse ...
    Series series A Feminist History Society Book
    Bertha Wilson and Claire L’Heureux-Dubé were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada. Their 1980s judicial appointments delighted feminists and shocked the legal establishment. Polar opposites in background and temperament, the two faced many identical challenges. Constance Backhouse’s compelling narrative explores the sexist roadblocks both women faced in education, law practice, ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Claire L’Heureux-Dubé

    A Life

    de Constance Backhouse ...
    Series series Law and Society
    Both lionized and vilified, Claire L’Heureux-Dubé has shaped the Canadian legal landscape – and in particular its highest court. The second woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, and the first from Quebec, she was known as “the great dissenter” on the bench, making judgments that were applauded and criticized in turn.L’Heureux-Dubé’s innovative legal approach was anchored in the social, ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Colour-Coded

    A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950

    de Constance Backhouse ...
    Series series Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
    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 ... Leer más

    $51.99 USD

  • Royally Wronged

    The Royal Society of Canada and Indigenous Peoples

    Edición de Constance Backhouse, Margaret Kovach, Adele Perry, Cynthia Milton ...
    The Royal Society of Canada’s mandate is to elect to its membership leading scholars in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences, lending its seal of excellence to those who advance artistic and intellectual knowledge in Canada. Duncan Campbell Scott, one of the architects of the Indian residential school system in Canada, served as the society’s president and dominated its activities; ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • Reckoning with Racism

    Police, Judges, and the RDS Case

    de Constance Backhouse ...
    Series series Landmark Cases in Canadian Law
    In 1997, complacency about the racial neutrality of a predominantly white judiciary was shattered as the Supreme Court of Canada considered a complaint of judicial racial bias for the first time. The judge in question was Corrine Sparks, the country’s first Black female judge.Reckoning with Racism considers the RDS case. A white Halifax police officer had arrested a Black teenager, placed him in a ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • Deux grandes dames: Bertha Wilson et Claire L’Heureux-Dubé à la Cour suprême du Canada

    de Constance Backhouse ...
    Series series Biographies et mémoires
    Bertha Wilson and Claire L’Heureux-Dubé were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada. One represented English Canada, the other Quebec. Polar opposites in background and temperament, the two faced similar challenges. Their 1980s judicial appointments delighted feminists and shocked the legal establishment.Constance Backhouse delves into the sexist roadblocks both women had to face in ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • De la couleur des lois

    Une histoire juridique du racisme au Canada entre 1900 et 1950

    de Constance Backhouse ...
    Series series Libre accès | Open access
    Malgré l’ouverture proclamée des Canadiens face à la diversité ethnique et culturelle, l’histoire canadienne n’en est pas moins marquée par la discrimination systématique. Cet ouvrage expose la ténacité juridique de cette discrimination par l’entremise d’un examen de six arrêts judiciaires déterminants entre 1900 et 1950 qui démontrent comment le système juridique canadien fut complice de la ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Deux grandes dames

    Bertha Wilson et Claire L’Heureux-Dubé à la Cour suprême du Canada

    de Constance Backhouse ...
    Narrado por Marjolaine Lemieux ...

    Completo

    5 hora 49 minutos

    Bertha Wilson et Claire L’Heureux-Dubé ont été les premières femmes juges à la Cour suprême du Canada. L’une représentait le Canada anglais, l’autre le Québec. De milieux et de tempéraments opposés, les deux femmes ont affronté des défis similaires. Leurs nominations judiciaires dans les années 1980 ont ravi les féministes et bousculé l’establishment juridique. Constance Backhouse plonge ici au ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Two Firsts

    Bertha Wilson and Claire L'Heureux Dubé at the Supreme Court of Canada

    de Constance Backhouse ...
    Narrado por Annelise Noronha ...
    Series Audiolibro 9 - A Feminist History Society Book

    Completo

    5 hora 13 minutos

    Bertha Wilson and Claire L’Heureux-Dubé were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada. Their 1980s judicial appointments delighted feminists and shocked the legal establishment. Polar opposites in background and temperament, the two faced many identical challenges. Constance Backhouse’s compelling narrative explores the sexist roadblocks both women faced in education, law practice, ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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  • Audiolibro

    Unsettling Canada

    A National Wake-Up Call

    de Arthur Manuel, Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson ...
    Narrado por Darrell Dennis ...

    Completo

    10 hora 12 minutos

    Unsettling Canada, a Canadian bestseller, is built on a unique collaboration between two First Nations leaders, Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ron Derrickson.Both men have served as chiefs of their bands in the B.C. interior and both have gone on to establish important national and international reputations. But the differences between them are in many ways even more interesting. Arthur Manuel is ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBooks

    Disponible también en: eBooks

  • Audiolibro

    The Shadow President

    The Truth About Mike Pence

    de Michael D'Antonio, Peter Eisner ...
    Narrado por Robert Fass ...

    Completo

    11 hora 17 minutos

    In this well-rounded, deeply-investigated biography, the first full look at the vice president, two award-winning journalists unmask the real Mike Pence.Little-known outside his home state until Donald Trump made him his running mate, Mike Pence—who proclaims himself a Christian first, a conservative second, and a Republican third—has long worn a carefully-constructed mask of Midwestern nice. ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • Audiolibro

    The Jane Austen Society

    A Novel

    de Natalie Jenner ...
    Narrado por Richard Armitage ...

    Completo

    9 hora 55 minutos

    "Richard Armitage is an excellent choice of narrator for this celebration of the famed British author's work. His deep, resonant voice meanders through the stories of seven different people in the small English town of Chawton...a great casual listen, especially for those familiar with Austen's work." -- AudioFile MagazineThis program includes a bonus conversation between the author and Kathleen A ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook