The Law Society of Upper Canada and Ontario's Lawyers, 1797-1997

The Law Society of Upper Canada and Ontario's Lawyers begins with the founding of the society by ten lawyers in 1797 and follows its history to the crises which shook the legal profession in the mid-1990s. Christopher Moore specializes in presenting non-fiction material to general audiences, and his work is accessible, replete with new information, and well-illustrated.

At the End of the Eighteenth Century, When Ten lawyers gathered in what is now Niagara-on-the-Lake to form the Law Society of…