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Author Brawn, Dale, 1948- author.

Title Paths to the bench : the judicial appointment process in Manitoba, 1870-1950 / Dale Brawn
Published Vancouver [British Columbia] : UBC Press, 2014

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Series Law and society series
Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
Contents Introduction -- Why Study Judges? -- Social Origins of the Bar -- At the Bar -- Politics -- Becoming Prominent -- The Appointment Process -- Why Lawyers Do Not Go to the Bench -- On the Bench -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Brief Biographies of Judges of the Queen's Bench, 1870-1950
Summary A lawyer wanting to become a judge in early 20th-century Manitoba could attract the attention of his peers through his work - but it was a friendship with a powerful mentor that got him to the bench. In Paths to the Bench, Dale Brawn looks at the appointments and careers of early judges who were charged with laying the legal foundations of a province. By looking at both official records and correspondence from this era, Brawn uncovers the highly political nature of the judicial appointment process and the intricate bonds that ensured that judges acquired the values not of their society, but of their fellowship groups. A fascinating look at the careers of practical, hard-headed, and influential judges, Paths to the Bench is also an incisive study of the political nature of Canada's judicial appointment process
Notes Based on the author's thesis (juris doctor)--York University, 2003, under title: Paths to the bench : judicial appointments in Manitoba, 1872-1950
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Judges -- Selection and appointment -- Political aspects -- Manitoba -- History -- 19th century
Judges -- Selection and appointment -- Political aspects -- Manitoba -- History -- 20th century
Political questions and judicial power -- Manitoba -- History -- 19th century
Political questions and judicial power -- Manitoba -- History -- 20th century
Judicial process -- Manitoba -- History -- 19th century
Judicial process -- Manitoba -- History -- 20th century
LAW -- Civil Procedure.
LAW -- Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
Judicial process
Political questions and judicial power
Manitoba
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780774826785
0774826789
9780774826778
0774826770