Table of Contents

A Legal and Constitutional History of Alberta; In the Mind's Eye: Law and British Colonial Expansion in Rupert's Land in the Age of Empire; Ambiguous Authority: The Development of Criminal Law in the Canadian North-West and Alberta; Venerable Rights: Constitutionalising Alberta's Schools, 1869-1905; One Language and One Nationality: The Forcible Constitution of a Unilingual Province in a Bilingual Country, 1870-2005; Out of the West: History, Memory, and the "Persons" Case, 1919-2000; Alberta's Real Constitution: The National Resources Transfer Agreement; Bible Bill and the Money Barons: The Social Credit Court References and their Constitutional Consequences; Not Like the Others: The Regulation of Indian Hunting and Fishing in Alberta; Justices of the Peace in Alberta; Alberta's Crowning Glory: The Office of Lieutenant-Governor; Federal-Provincial Tensions and the Evolution of a Province; Alberta Metis Settlements: A Brief History; The Perfect Storm: The National Energy Program and the Failure of Federal-Provincial Relations; Premiere Peter Lougheed, Alberta and the Transformation of Constutionalism in Canada, 1971-1985; Equality and Women's Political Identity in Post-1970s Alberta; Uncertain Future: Alberta in the Canadian Community.

About the Author

Richard Connors is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Ottawa. John Law is Professor of Law at the University of Alberta.

Reviews

"Yet there's plenty here to stimulate and entertain. If you're looking for a fireside read in the gathering days of winter and you've decided on substance, this could be the ticket. Among the most intriguing of the 16 chapters is Richard Connors's opening look at where law sprang from in the Canadian colonies. Entire books have been written on colonial legal theory and Connors provides a nice summary." Mark Lisac, The Edmonton Journal, December 11, 2005

"...at its heart, this volume provides a historically informed exploration of Alberta's constitutional history, rooted in the notion that the province, its peoples, and the manner in which they viewed the law and the constitution were products of a historical process of moving through time together as Albertans. These notions and perspectives were not happenstance, and recognizing this historical dynamic and the manner in which it necessarily informs the way that Albertans will continue to view these issues is a critically important insight that raises our understanding of a province that has occupied such a prominent role in the nation's affairs." Jonathan Swainger, University of Toronto Quarterly, Winter 2008