The law of the land : the advent of the Torrens system in Canada /

The law of the land : the advent of the Torrens system in Canada /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Taylor, Greg.
Imprint:	Toronto [Ont.] : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, ©2008 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Gibson Library Connections, 2010)
Description:	1 online resource (x, 221 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
Subject:	Torrens system -- Canada -- History. Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Canada -- History. Land titles -- Registration and transfer. Torrens system. Canada. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11214540

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Other authors / contributors:	Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
ISBN:	9781442688469 1442688467 9780802099136 0802099130
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	How was it that the Torrens system, a mid-nineteenth-century reform of land titles registration from distant South Australia, gradually replaced the inherited Anglo-Canadian common law system of land registration? In The Law of the Land, Greg Taylor traces the spread of the Torrens system, from its arrival in the far-flung outpost of 1860s Victoria, British Columbia, right up to twenty-first century Ontario.Examining the peculiarity of how this system of land reform swept through some provinces like wildfire, and yet still remains completely unknown in three provinces, Taylor shows how the different histories of various regions in Canada continue to shape the law in the present day. Presenting a concise and illuminating history of land reform, he also demonstrates the power of lobbying, by examining the influence of both moneylenders and lawyers who were the first to introduce the Torrens system to Canada east of the Rockies.An exact and fluent legal history of regional law reforms, The Law of the Land is a fascinating examination of commonwealth influence, and ongoing regional differences in Canada.
Other form:	Print version: Taylor, Greg. Law of the land. Toronto : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, ©2008

Table of Contents:

The Torrens system : an outline
The invention of the Torrens system
Vancouver Island : the second Torrens jurisdiction in the world
British Columbia
The Canada Land Law Amendment Association
Ontario
Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the North-West Territories
Manitoba
Quebec, the Maritimes, Newfoundland and Labrador
Concluding remarks.