The Fiercest Debate: Cecil a Wright, the Benchers, and Legal Education in Ontario 1923-1957

by C Ian Kyer and Jerome E. Bickenbach

From its earliest days the Law Society of Upper Canada adhered to the traditions of English legal practice and education. In the 1930s and 1940s, however, some of the most cherished of those traditions were challenged in a bitter debate about the nature of legal education in Ontario. This book tells the story of that debate and one of its leading participants, Cecil Augustus Wright.

'Caesar' Wright was one of the first Canadian legal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487592485
• ISBN13: 9781487592486
• Release Date: December 1987
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher