Foreword from The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
| Author | Suzanne Chiodo |
| Pages | 15-16 |
FOREWORD
FROM
THE
OSGOODE
SOCIETY
FOR
CANADIAN
LEGAL
HISTORY
The
Class
Proceedings
Act
of
Ontario,
passed
in
1993,
represented
a
major
innovation
in
civil
procedure,
making
it
possible
to
join
together
thou
sands
of
plaintiffs
in
a
single
action.
Suzanne
Chiodo
’
s
new
book
is
the
first
to
analyze
comprehensively
the
history
of
the
origins
of
this
highly
significant
legislation.
It
looks
in
turn
at
the
origins
of
representative
proceedings
in
equity,
the
rise
of
modern-day
class
actions
around
the
world
(particularly
in
the
United
States
and
Quebec),
and
at
the
debates
about,
and
the
passage
of,
the
Ontario
legislation.
The
book
presents
an
in-depth
analysis
of
the
political
and
social
influences
that
shaped
this
momentous
legal
change.
It
explains
the
importance
of
the
Ontario
Law
Reform
Commission
’
s
1982
Report
on
Class
Actions,
and
how
the
Attorney
General
’
s
Advisory
Committee
Report
in
1990
pulled
together
so
many
divergent
interests
where
previous
attempts
had
failed.
With
the
twenty
fifth
anniversary
of
the
Act
upon
us,
and
the
Law
Commission
of
Ontario
currently
reviewing
it,
this
is
a
most
timely
contribution
to
a
current
debate
as
well
as
an
instructive
historical
analysis.
The
purpose
of
the
Osgoode
Society
for
Canadian
Legal
History
is
to
encourage
research
and
writing
in
the
history
of
Canadian
law.
The
Society,
which
was
incorporated
in
1979
and
is
registered
as
a
charity,
was
founded
at
the
initiative
of
the
Honourable
R
Roy
McMurtry,
and
offi
cials
of
the
Law
Society
of
Upper
Canada.
The
Society
seeks
to
stimulate
the
study
of
legal
history
in
Canada
by
supporting
researchers,
collecting
oral
histories,
and
publishing
volumes
that
contribute
to
legal-historical
XV
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