State Trials V: World War, Cold War, and Challenges to Sovereignty, 1939-1990

State Trials V: World War, Cold War, and Challenges to Sovereignty, 1939-1990

Author ORCID Identifier

Eric Tucker: 0000-0002-9958-4311

Description

"The fifth and final volume of the Canadian State Trials series examines political trials and national security measures during the period of1939to1990. Essays by historians and legal scholars shed light on experiences during the Second World War and its immediate aftermath, including uses of the War Measures Act and the Official Secrets Act with the unfolding of the Cold War and legal responses to the FLQ (including the October Crisis), labour strikes, and Indigenous resistance and standoffs. The volume critically examines the historical and social context of the trials and measures resulting from these events, concluding the first comprehensive series on this important area of Canadian law and politics.The fifth volume’s exploration of state responses to real and perceived security threats is particularly timely as Canada faces new challenges to the established order ranging from Indigenous nations demanding a new constitutional framework to protestors challenging discriminatory policing and contesting public health measures." --publisher's description

ISBN

9781487546038

Publication Date

2022

Publisher

Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press

City

Toronto

Disciplines

Law | Legal History

State Trials V: World War, Cold War, and Challenges to Sovereignty, 1939-1990

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