From his path-breaking essay on capital punishment in Albion’s Fatal Tree to his more recent work on low law and the regulation of labour, Douglas Hay’s writing has inspired historians and legal scholars around the world for over forty years. While his primary focus has been on eighteenth-century English law and society, Doug has also contributed to Canadian legal history through his work on the reception and administration of the criminal law in Quebec following the transition to British rule. This symposium, co-organized by Doug’s colleagues in York History, Osgoode Hall Law School, and others across Canada, is an occasion for his Canadian friends and colleagues to honour his recent retirement and to celebrate his enormous contributions to scholarship.
The Symposium is open to anybody interested in legal history (all jurisdictions), law and society, and related fields. Students are encouraged to attend. If you wish to attend, we do ask you to register so that we can have a sense of the numbers.
OUR SESSIONS
LAW AND MEDICAL SCIENCE |
ENGLISH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 17-19TH CENTURIES |
GENDER AND THE LAW |
| May 5th, 3:00pm - 4:00pm | May 6th, 9:00am - 10:00am | May 6th, 2:00pm - 3:00pm |
| Founders College Senior Common Room, Room 305 | Ignat Kaneff Building, Room 1014 | Ignat Kaneff Building, Room 1014 |
OUR VENUES
DAY 1 of the conference will be held at York University's Founders College in the Senior Common Room (Room 305).
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DAY 2 of the conference will be held at Osgoode Hall Law School, Room 1014.
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