William R. McIntyre: Paladin of Common Law

by W.H. McConnell

Using archival resources, interviews with contemporaries, and legal sources, W.H. McConnell traces McIntyre's personal evolution from defending the Charter as a workable counterpoint to established common law principles, to gradual disenchantment with its overuse, by many of his colleagues and the lower courts, for developing social policy. In retrospect McIntyre's reservations have been prophetic: the "interventionist" trend has given rise to considerable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0886293413
• ISBN13: 9780886293413
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.