John Honsberger

Osgoode Hall

An Illustrated History

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Winner of the 2006 Fred Landon Award Osgoode Hall is a national monument and one of the architectural treasures of Canada. Of the many public buildings erected in pre-confederation Canada and British North America, it best encapsulates the diverse stylistic forces that shaped public buildings in the first half of the nineteenth century. The gated lawns, grandly Venetian rotunda, the noble dimensions of its library, handsome and ornate courtroom, portrait-lined walls and stained glass evoke a venerable dignity to which few Canadian institutions even aspire. It has been the seat of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1832 and of several of… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4597-1257-7
EAN: 9781459712577
Produktnummer: 20459458
Verlag: Dundurn
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Seitenangabe: 336 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 8'308 KB

Über den Autor

John Honsberger is a Toronto lawyer who combines the practice of law with writing in different areas of law, including its history and the legal profession. He was the founding and only editor of the Law Society of Upper Canada Gazette. In 1985 he was a first recipient of the Law Society of Upper Canada medal for outstanding service within the profession, and in 1998, was awarded the Mundel medal by the Attorney General of Ontario.