University Of Toronto Press Scholarly Publishing Division: 2585 books
Regulations, Crown Corporations and Administrative Tribunals
Royal Commission
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1985
This is the third of six volumes dealing with Law, Society and the Economy (see list in back of book), included in the Collected Research Studies of the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada.
This volume surveys administrative law in its various manifestations...
Policy Work in Canada
Professional Practices and Analytical Capacities
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Policy Work in Canada is an in-depth study into the levels of analytical capacity found within the federal and provincial governments as well as the non-governmental sector. By focusing on the individuals who craft public policy in Canada, this collection of eighteen chapters broadens and deepens...
Saint John
The Making of a Colonial Urban Community
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1993
Saint John, New Brunswick, was a small, stagnant mercantile town in 1800. Its character was set by its British garrison, a few prominent Loyalist officials, and a small merchant elite. But that character changed quickly and dramatically in the first half of the nineteenth century. T.W. Acheson traces the events that lead to the change and analyses their impact on the community.
Race on Trial
Black Defendants in Ontario's Criminal Courts, 1858-1958
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
While slavery in Canada was abolished in 1834, discrimination remained. Race on Trial contrasts formal legal equality with pervasive patterns of social, legal, and attitudinal inequality in Ontario by documenting the history of black Ontarians who appeared before the criminal courts from the mid-nineteenth...
By Himself
The Older Man's Experience of Widowhood
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2010
What happens when older men become widowers? Popular books, movies, and television present widowers as lost and unable to cope or care for themselves. These stereotypes do not encapsulate the experiences of real widowers, how their daily lives change, and what being a widower means to individuals...
Educational Contributions of Associations
Ontario's Educative Society, Volume VII
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1972
The influence of educational associations is often overlooked in treatises on Ontario's educational system because these groups tend to operate in an informal manner. This volume discusses the various types of educational organizations, their purposes, the scope and nature of their activities, and...
Germany's Second Reich
Portraits and Pathways
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
Despite recent studies of imperial Germany that emphasize the empire’s modern and reformist qualities, the question remains: to what extent could democracy have flourished in Germany’s stony soil? In Germany’s Second Reich, James Retallack continues his career-long inquiry into the era of Bismarck...
by Trevor C.W. Farrow
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Privatization is occurring throughout the public justice system, including courts, tribunals, and state-sanctioned private dispute resolution regimes. Driven by a widespread ethos of efficiency-based civil justice reform, privatization claims to decrease costs, increase speed, and improve access to...
Femocratic Administration
Gender, Governance, and Democracy in Ontario
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Femocratic Administration examines the gendered nature of public administration through a study of the Ontario Women’s Directorate (OWD) between 1985 and 2000. Analysing the OWD from the perspective of feminist political economy, this book combines a detailed case study with a theoretical framework...
by Hok-Lin Leung
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2003
Land Use Planning Made Plain is a practical guide for planners, administrators, politicians, developers, property owners, and the general public on how to make and implement land use decisions. It seeks to develop a set of coherent planning principles by drawing out useful and generally applicable...
Inventing Atlantic Canada
Regionalism and the Maritime Reaction to Newfoundland's Entry into Confederation
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2011
When Newfoundland entered the Canadian Confederation in 1949, it was hoped it would promote greater unity between the Maritime provinces, as Term 29 of the Newfoundland Act explicitly linked the region's economic and political fortunes. On the surface, the union seemed like an unprecedented opportunity...
A Nation in Conflict
Canada and the Two World Wars
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
The First and Second World Wars were two of the most momentous events of the twentieth century. In Canada, they claimed 110,000 lives and altered both the country’s domestic life and its international position. A Nation in Conflict is a concise, comparative overview of the Canadian national experience...
Canadian State Trials, Volume IV
Security, Dissent, and the Limits of Toleration in War and Peace, 1914-1939
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
The fourth volume in the Canadian State Trials series examines the legal issues surrounding perceived security threats and the repression of dissent from the outset of World War One through the Great Depression. War prompted the development of new government powers and raised questions about citizenship...
Power, Politics, and Principles
Mackenzie King and Labour, 1935-1948
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
Set against the backdrop of the U.S. experience, Power, Politics, and Principles uses a transnational perspective to understand the passage and long-term implications of a pivotal labour law in Canada. Utilizing a wide array of primary materials and secondary sources, Hollander gets to the root of...