Foreword
Author | R. Roy McMurtry/Jim Phillips |
Profession | President/Editor-in-Chief |
Pages | 7-8 |
FOREWORD
Tand powerful book about sexual assault crimes in Ca
nadian history, by Professor Constance Backhouse, whose previous books
for the Osgoode Society have won major awardsUsing a cas estudy ap
proach, Professor Backhouse explores nine sexual assault trials from across
the country throughout the twentieth century. We move from small towns
to large cities, from the Maritimes to t he Northwest Territories, from the suf
frageeratotheperiodofthewomensliberationmovementEachchapter
oersinsightintothefailureofthecriminaljusticesystemtoprotectwomen
from sexual assault, and each is highly readable and provocative. The most
movingchaptersdocumentthelawsrefusaltoaccommodateawomanwho
could only give evidence in sign language, and the heartbreak of a c hild rape
trialThisbookisthebestkindoflegalhistoryavividexplorationofthe
pastwhichalsogivesusthetoolstoassesstheecacyorinthiscaselack
ofecacyofthelegalsystem
The purpose of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History is to
encourage research and writing on t he history of Canadian law. The Society,
whichwasincorporatedinandisregisteredasacharitywasfounded
attheinitiativeoftheHonourableRRoyMcMurtryformerlyaorneygen
eralforOntarioandchiefjusticeoftheprovinceandocialsoftheLaw
Society of Upper Canada. The Society seeks to stimulate the study of legal
history in Canada by supporting researchers, collecting oral histories, and
publishingvolumesthatcontributetolegalhistoricalscholarshipinCanada
It has published seventy books on the courts, the judiciary, and the legal
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