Friday 29 April 2011

Maurice Ollivier, "British North America acts and selected statutes 1867-1962" (1960)

Book in progress.

This offering has very little "new" interpretive or summary writing, but essentially compiles some of the key documents related to Canadian administration. I will list the key documents below, for those who might be interested.

Documents of Canadian pre-history:

Surrenders of Quebec (1759) and Montreal (1760)
Royal Proclamation (1763)
Quebec Act (1774)
Act of Union

British North America Acts (14 revisions from 1867 to 1960)
Related Acts of the United Kingdom

Imperial Orders-in-Council admitting new provinces, territories, and the Arctic archipelago to Canada

Acts of Canada relating to provincial matters

- tax-rental and tax-sharing acts
- provincial boundary extensions
- natural resources acts
- marriage and divorce acts

Acts of Canada relating to federal constitutional matters
- protocols regarding the Crown
- Senate and House of Commons Acts
- Bill of Rights (1960)
- War Measures Act (1914, rev. 1952)
- Privileges and Immunities, Visiting forces Act

Documents relating to the Office of the Governor General and the Lieutenant Governors

Commentary will follow on completion.

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