University of Calgary

Louis Antone Knafla

  • Professor Emeritus

Books (Refereed)

[With Amanda Nettlebeck, Russell Smandych and Robert Foster]. Fragile Settlements. Aboriginal Peoples, Law, and Resistance in South-West Australia and Prairie Canada. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2016. Pp. xvi, 315.

 

Kent at Law, 1602. Volume VI. Courts of Equity — Wards and Liveries. London: List & Index Society, 2015; Special Series Vol. 53. Pp. xxxi, 288.

 

Kent at Law, 1602. Volume V. Courts of Equity — Requests. London: List & Index Society, 2014; Special Series Vol. 53. Pp. xxxi, 288.

 

Kent at Law, 1602. Volume IV. Courts of Equity — Chancery. London: List & Index Society, 2013; Special Series Vol. 52. Pp. xxxviii, 290.

 

Kent at Law, 1602. Volume III. Star Chamber. London: List & Index Society, 2012; Special Series Vol. 51. Pp. xxxviii, 276.

 

Kent at Law, 1602. Volume II. Local Jurisdictions: Borough, Liberty and Manor. London: List & Index Society, 2011; Special Series Vol. 44. Two Parts, pp. xlvii, 490.

 

Edited [with Haijo Westra]. Aboriginal Title and Indigenous Peoples: Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Vancouver and Toronto: UBC Press, 2010. Pp. 267.

 

Kent at Law, 1602. Volume I.  The County Jurisdiction: Assizes and Sessions of the Peace.  London: List & Index Society, 2009; Special Series Vol. 44. Pp. xxxi, 288.

 

Edited [with Jonathan Swainger].  Laws and Societies in the Canadian Prairie West, 1670-1940.  Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2005.  Pp. ix, 347.

 

Edited: Violent Crime in North America.  Westport CT and London UK: Praeger, 2003.  Pp. xxiii, 249.

 

[With Richard Klumpenhouwer]  The Lords of the Western Bench: A Biographical History of Alberta's Supreme and District Court Justices, 1875-1990.  Calgary: Legal Archives Society of Alberta, 1997.  Pp. xvi, 229.

 

Edited [with Clive Emsley]:  Crime Histories and Histories of Crime: Studies in the Historiography of Crime and Criminal Justice in Modern History.  Westport CT & London UK: Greenwood Press, 1996.  Pp. vii, 313.

 

Edited [with Susan Binnie]:  Law, Society, and the State: Essays in Modern Legal History.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995.  Pp. xii, 558.

 

Kent at Law 1602.  The County Jurisdiction: Assizes and Sessions of the Peace.  London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1994.  Pp. xl, 409.

 

Edited [with Clive Emsley]:  Crime, Police and the Courts in British History.  Westport CT & London UK: Meckler Publishing Co., 1990.  Pp. xxx, 332.

 

[With A. Brannagan and J.C. Levy]  Street Prostitution.  Assessing the Impact of the Law: Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg.  Ottawa: Department of Justice, 1989.  Pp. xi, 265.

 

Ibid., translated edition:  La Prostitution de Rue.  Effects de la Loi: Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg.  Ottawa: Department of Justice, 1989.  Pp. xiv, 282.

 

Edited: Law & Justice in a New Land.  Essays in Western Canadian Legal History.  Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver: The Carswell Co., 1986.  Pp. xvii, 379.

 

"The Country Chancellor: The Patronage of Sir Thomas Egerton, Baron Ellesmere." In Patronage in Late Renaissance England, ed. French R. Fogle and Louis A. Knafla.  Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1983.  Pp. 31-115.

 

Edited: Crime and Criminal Justice in Europe and Canada.  Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press 1981; 2nd ed. 1985.  Pp. 339.

 

Edited [with D.J. Bercuson]:  Law and Society in Canada in Historical Perspective.  University of Calgary, 1979.  Pp. 171.

 

Edited [with M.S. Staum and T.H.E. Travers]:  Science, Technology and Culture in Historical Perspective.  "Studies in History," Vol. I.  University of Calgary, 1976.  Pp. 261.

 

Law and Politics in Jacobean England.  Cambridge Studies in Legal History.  Cambridge: University Press, 1976.  Pp. 380.

 

Edited Journals [Editor-in-Chief]

Crime, Punishment, and Reform in Europe.  Vol. 18, Criminal Justice History [New Series, Vol. 18].  Westport CT & London UK: Praeger, 2003.  Pp. xvi, 267.

 

Crime, Gender, and Sexuality in Criminal Prosecutions.  Criminal Justice History [New series, Vol. 17.  Westport CT & London UK: Greenwood Press, 2002.  Pp. xiv, 228.

 

Policing and War in Europe.  Criminal Justice History [New Series, Vol. 16].  Westport CT & London UK: Greenwood Press, 2002.  Pp. xvi, 218.

 

Criminal Justice History: An International Annual.  Westport CT and London UK: Greenwood Press--

      Vol. XVI, 1995.  Pp. iii, 240.

      Vol. XV, 1994.  Pp. xiv, 349.

      Vol. XIV, 1993.  Pp. xii, 233.

      Vol. XIII, 1992.  Pp. xii, 291.

      Vol. XII, 1991.  Pp. xii, 283.

 

Criminal Justice History: An International Annual.  Westport CT and London UK: Meckler Publishing--

      Vol. XI, 1990.  Pp. 240.

      Vol. X, 1989.  Pp. 274.

      Vol. IX, 1988.  Pp. 291.

      Vol. VIII, 1987.  Pp. 241

      Vol. VII, 1986.  Pp. 223.

      Vol. VI, 1985.  Pp. 271.

      Vol. V, 1984.  Pp. 198.

 

Canadian Society for Legal History/La Societe Canadienne de l'Histoire du Droit: Proceedings.  Toronto, 1977.  Pp. 92.

 

Canadian Society for Legal History/La Societe Canadienne de l'Historie du Droit: Newsletter.  Osgoode Hall Law School, Nos. 1-5, 1971-1975.

 

Articles and Book Chapters (Refereed)

“The Magistrate and Humourous Magistrates in Early-Seventeeth Century England”. Early Theatre, 14:2 (2011): 183-207.

 

“’This Is Our land’: Aboriginal Title at Customary and Common Law in Comparative Contexts.” In Aboriginal Title and Indigenous Peoples. Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Ed. Louis A. Knafla and Haijo Westra. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2010. Pp. 1-34.

 

“Treasonous Murder: The Trial of Ambroise Lépine for the Resistance, 1869-1874." In Canadian State Trials, Vol. III. Ed. Susan Binnie and Bsrry Wright. Toronto: The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, 2009. Pp. 297-352, 609-14.

"The Supreme Court of Alberta: The Formative Years, 1905-1921." In The Alberta Supreme Court at 100. History and Authority. Ed. Jonathan Swainger. Edmonton and Toronto: The University of Alberta Press and The Osgoode Society, 2007. Pp. 69-98.

 

"Frontier Lawyers: Origins of the Alberta Law, 1882-1914." In Just Works. Lawyers in Alberta, 1907-2007. Ed. Law Society of Alberta. Toronto: Irwin Law, 2007. Pp. 16-27.

 

"Lawyers at War 1914-1949." In Just Works. Lawyers in Alberta 1907-2007. Ed. Law Society of Alberta, 2007. Pp. 105-121.

 

“Law and Justice.” In The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Centre, 2005. Pp. 535-543.

 

“The Geographical, Jurisdictional and Jurisprudential Boundaries of English Litigation in the Early Seventeenth Century.”  In Boundaries of the Law. Geography, Gender and Jurisdiction in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, ed. Anthony Musson. London: Ashgate Publishing, 2005.  Pp. 130-48.

 

“Laws and Societies in the Anglo-Canadian North-West Frontier and Prairie Provinces, 1670-1940.”  In Laws and Societies . . . (2005) above.  Pp. 1-54.

 

“Mr. Secretary Donne: The Years with Sir Thomas Egerton.”  In John Donne’s Professional Lives, ed. David Colclough.  Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2003.  Pp. 37-71.

 

"Britain's Solomon: King James and the Law."  In Royal Subjects. Essays on the Writings of James VI and I, ed. Daniel Fischlin and Mark Fortier.  Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2002. Pp. 235-264.

 

"Goodall and Cairns: Commercial, Corporate, and Energy Law in Alberta, 1920-1942."  In Essays in the History of Canadian Law, VII. Inside the Law: Canadian Law Firms in Historical Perspective, ed. Carol Wilton.  Toronto: The Osgoode Society, University of Toronto Press, 1996).  Pp. 320-356.

 

"Structure, Conjucture, and Event in the Historiography of Modern Criminal Justice History."  In Crime Histories and Histories of Crime, ed. Clive Emsley and Louis A. Knafla (1996).  Pp. 33-45.

 

[With Susan Binnie]  "Beyond the State: Law and Legal Pluralism in the Making of Modern Societies."  In Law, Society, and the State, ed. Susan W.S. Binnie and Louis A. Knafla (1995).  Pp. 3-33.

 

"'Law-Ways', 'Law-Jobs', and the Documentary Heritage of the State."  In Law, Society, and the State, ed. Louis A. Knafla and Susan W.S. Binnie (1995).  Pp. 443-464.

 

"Violence on the Western Canadian Frontier: A Historical Perspective."  In Violence in Canada. Sociopolitical Perspectives, ed. Jeffrey Ian Ross.   Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 1995;  2nd ed. New Brunswick NJ and London UK: Transaction Publishers, 2003.  Pp. 10-39.

 

"The Writ of Habeas Corpus in Early Modern England: A View from Within."  In Law, Policy and International Justice, ed. William Kaplan and Donald McRae.  Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1993.  Pp. 365-384.

 

"The Perspective of the Legal Historian: Legal- and Socio-Legal Historical Research."  In Legal Records in the Commonwealth, ed. William Twining and Emma Quick.  London: Dartmouth Publishing Co., 1993.  Pp. 178-206.

 

"Historiographical Introduction."  In Crime, Police and the Courts, ed. Louis A. Knafla (1990).  Pp. v-xxx.

 

"Common Law and Common Custom in Tudor England: or, 'The Best State of a Commonwealth."  In Law, Literature, and The Settlement of Regimes, ed. Gordon J. Schochet.  Washington, D.C.: Folger Shakespeare Library, 1990.  Pp. 171-186.

 

"Richard 'Bonfire' Bennett: The Legal Practice of a Prairie Corporate Lawyer, 1898 to 1913."  In Essays in the History of Canadian Law, IV. Beyond the Law: Lawyers and Business in Canada, 1830 to 1930, ed. Carol Wilton.  Toronto: The Osgoode Society, 1990.  Pp. 320-376.

 

"The Influence of the French Revolution on Legal Attitudes and Ideology in Lower Canada, 1789-1798."  In Le Canada et la Revolution Francaise, ed. Pierre Boulle and Richard A. Lebrun.  Montreal: Centre interuniversitaire d'etudes europeenes, 1989.  Pp. 83-102.

 

"Law and Custom in Early Modern England."  In La Coutume/Custom, Transactions of the Jean Bodin Society, ed. Jacques Vanderlinen.  Brussels: De Boeck University, 1989.  Pp. 403-410.

 

"From Oral to Written Memory: The Common Law Tradition in Western Canada."  In Law & Justice in a New Land, ed. Louis A. Knafla (1986).  Pp. 31-77.

 

"`John at Love Killed Her': The assizes and criminal law in early modern England."   University of Toronto Law Journal.  Vol. XXXV, Summer 1985.  Pp. 305-320.

 

"Recent Historiography in the History of Crime and Criminal Justice in England and Canada."  In Crime and Criminal Justice in Europe and Canada, ed. L.A. Knafla.  Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, second edition, 1985.  Pp. vii-xxix.

 

"The Influence of Continental Humanists and Jurists on English Common Law in the Renaissance."  In Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Bononensis, ed. R.J. Schoeck.  New York: Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1985.  Pp. 60-71.

 

"`Be it Remembered': Court Records and Research in the Canadian Provinces."  Archivaria, Vol. XVIII.  1984.  Pp. 105-123.

 

"Legal Archives: The National and Cultural Heritage."  In 1983 Meeting of Commonwealth Law Ministers - Memoranda.  London: Commonwealth Secretariat, 1984.  Pp. 545-552.

 

"`Sin of All Sorts Swarmeth': Criminal Litigation in an English County in the Early-Seventeenth Century."  In Law, Litigation and the Legal Profession, ed. E.W. Ives and A.H. Manchester.  London: Royal Historical Society, 1983.  Pp. 50-67.

 

[With Terry L. Chapman]  "Criminal Justice in Canada: A Comparative Study of the Maritimes and Lower Canada 1760-1812."  Osgoode Hall Law Journal.  Vol. XXI, June 1983.  Pp. 245-274.

 

"Crime, Criminal Law and Justice in Canadian History: A Select Bibliography, Origins to 1940."  In Law and Society in Canada, ed. D.J. Bercuson and L.A. Knafla (1979).  Pp. 157-171.

 

"Crime and Criminal Justice: A Critical Bibliography" (1520-1815).  In Crime in England, 1500-1800, ed. J. S. Cockburn.  London: Methuen & Co., 1977.  Pp. 270-300, 352-353.

 

"Ramism and the English Renaissance."  In Science, Technology and Culture in Historical Perspective, ed. M.S. Staum, T.H.E. Travers and L.A. Knafla (1976).  Pp. 26-50.

 

"The Concept of Conscience in the English Common Law Tradition."  Toronto Law Journal.  Vol. XXVI, Spring 1976.  Pp. 1-16.

 

"The Matriculation Revolution and Education at the Inns of Court in Renaissance England."  In Men and Institutions in Tudor England, ed. A.J. Slavin.  Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1972.  Pp. 232-264.

 

"The Law Studies of an Elizabethan Student."  Huntington Library Quarterly. Vol. XXXI, Spring 1969.  Pp. 221-240.

Short Essays and Articles (Refereed)

In Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. XVI: 1931 to 1940, ed. Robert Fraser.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2019:

Macdonald, James Alexander, lawyer, politician, and judge; 1858-1939.

 

In Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. XV: 1921 to 1930, ed. Ramsay Cook.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005:

"Conybeare, Charles Frederick Pringle,” pp. 224-226.

“McCarthy, Maitland Stewart,” pp. 618-619. 

“McCaul, Charles Coursolles,” pp. 619-620.

“Scott, David Lynch,” pp. 910-911.

 

“Bennett, Richard B. (1870-1947)”.  Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, ed. David J. Wishart. Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press, 2004. Pp. 654-655.

 

In The New Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004:

“Egerton, John, first Earl of Bridgewater (1579-1649)”, Vol. 17, pp. 996-998.

“Egerton, John, second Earl of Bridgewater (1623-1686)”, Vol. 17, pp. 998-999.

“Egerton, John, third Earl of Bridgewater (1646-1701)”, Vol. 17,pp. 999-1000.

“Fenton, Roger, D.D. (1565-1616)”, Vol. 19, pp. 313-314.

“Finch, Sir John, Baron Finch of Fordwich (1584-1660)”, Vol. 19, pp. 572-577.

“Hake, Edward (fl. 1564-1604)”, Vol. 24, pp. 488-489.

“Hoby, Sir Edward (1560-1617)”, Vol. 27, pp. 436-439.

“Manwood, Sir Peter (1571-1625)”, Vol. 36, pp. 572-573.

“More, Sir George (1553-1632)”, Vol. 39, pp. 37-39.

“Palmer, Sir Geoffrey (1598-1670)”, Vol. 42, pp. 489-490

“Pulton, Ferdinando (1536-1618)”, Vol. 45, pp. 560-561.

“Ravenscroft, Edward (fl. 1667-1697)”, Vol. 46, pp. 126-128.

“Rawlinson, John (1576-1631)”, Vol. 46, pp. 161-162.

“Scott, Sir John (1570-1616)”, and "Scott, Sir Thomas (1534-1599)",

      Vol. 49, pp. 474-476.

“Spencer, Alice, Countess of Derby (1559-1637)”, Vol. 51, pp. 817-818.

“Stanley, Edward, third Earl of Derby (1508-1572)”, Vol. 52, pp. 175-177.

“Stanley, Henry, fourth Earl of Derby (1531-1593)”, Vol. 52, pp. 211-213.

“Starkey, Ralph (c. 1570-1628)”, Vol. 52, pp. 302-303.

“Tate, Francis (1560-1616)”, Vol. 53, pp. 802-803.

“Thynne, Francis (c. 1545-1608)”, Vol. 54, pp. 737-739.

“Yelverton, Sir Henry (1566-1630)”, Vol. 60, pp. 788-790.

“Zouche, Edward la, eleventh Baron Zouche of Harringworth (1556-1625)”,

      Vol. 60, pp. 1008-1010.

 

In Tudor England: An Encyclopaedia, ed. David Swain.  New York, Garland Press, 2000: “Chancery”, pp. 124-125.

“Common Pleas, Court of,” pp. 156-157.

“Courts, Ecclesiastical,” pp. 164-165.

“Egerton, Sir Thomas (1540-1617),” pp. 220-221.

“King’s or Queen’s Bench, Court of,” pp. 409-410.

“Law, Civil,” p. 425.

“Law, Common,” pp. 425-427.

“Star Chamber, Court of,” pp. 673-674.

 

“Peter Ramus (1515-1572.” In Encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution From Copernicus to Newton, ed. William Applebaum. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 2000). Pp. 550-551.

 

[with Jean Dietz Moss] “Peter Ramus (1515-1572.” In Encyclopedia of the Renaissance, ed. Paul Grendler. New York: Scribner’s Sons, 1999. Vol. 5, pp. 207-212.

 

In Encyclopaedia of Historians and Historical Writing, ed. Kelly Boyd.  London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999:

"Jean Bodin."  Vol. I, pp. 100-101.

"Crime and Deviance."  Vol. I, pp. 259-264.

"Legal History."  Vol. I, pp. 700-706.

“Theodore Frank Thomas Plucknett.”  Vol. II, pp. 925-926.

“Samuel Thorne.”  Vol. II, p. 1192.

"Paul Vinogradoff."  Vol. II, pp. 1269-1270.

 

"Patrick J. Nolan." In Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. XIV: 1911 to 1920, Ramsay Cook--General Editor.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.  Pp. 782-784.

 

[With D.G. Bell] "Jeremiah Travis."  In Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. XIV: 1911 to 1920, ed. Ramsay Cook.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998. Pp. 104-106.

 

“English Law in the Age of the Black Death.”  The Maryland Historian (1997). Pp. 1-5.

 

"Common Law and Courts."  In Historical Dictionary of Stuart England, ed. William B. Robison and Ronald Fritz.  Westport CT & London UK: Greenwood Press, 1996.  Pp. 114-116.

 

"Crime and Law Enforcement."  In Historical Dictionary ..., 1996.  Pp. 285-288.

 

"Charles-Borromé Rouleau."  In Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. XIII: 1901 to 1910, Ramsay Cook--General Editor.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994.  Pp. 907-909.

 

"'Custodes Pacis Orbi Terrae': The History of Conservators, Keepers, and Justices of the Peace in England and Beyond."  Criminal Justice History, 14 (1993).  Pp. 151-158.

 

In Private Libraries in Renaissance England, ed. R.J. Fehrenbach and Elizabeth Leedham-Green.  New York: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 1992. Vol. II:

"John Bowerman, Scholar (M.A., B.C.L.): Will 1507."  Pp. 1-2.

Sir William Chantry, Scholar (B.A.): Will 1507". Pp. 3-4.

"William Gofton, Scholar (B.C.L.): Probate Inventory 1507". Pp. 5-7.

"Robert Petcher, bScholar (M.A.): Will 1507”.  Pp. 8-9.

"Thomas Quarrendon, Scholar (B.C.L.): Probate Inventory 1507)". Pp. 10-12.

 

In Die Philosophie des 17. Jahrhunderts: Band 3, England, in Drundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie, ed. Jean-Pierre Schobinger.  Basel: Schwabe & Co. AG, 1988: 

"Der Puritanismus".  Part One, pp. 61-75, 83-89.

"Die Theorie des `Common Law".  Part Two, pp. 517-527, 589-593.

"Der Protestantische Radikalismus des Interregnums".  Part Two, pp. 528-535, 594-596.

 

In Biographical Dictionary of British Radicals in the Seventeenth Century, ed. Richard L. Greaves and Robert Zaller.  London: Harvester Press, 1983-1984: 

"Sir Thomas Barrington (1589-1644)."  Vol. I, pp. 41-43.

"Sir William Ellis (1607-1680)."  Vol. I, pp. 251-252.

"Sir Gilbert Gerrard (1587-1670)."  Vol. II, pp. 6-7.

"William Hakewill (1574-1655)."  Vol. II, pp. 38-40.

"William Leach (fl. 1631-1657)."  Vol. II, pp. 180-181.

"George Peard (1594-1644)." Vol. III, pp. 14-15.

"William Whitaker (c. 1594-1646)." Vol. III, pp. 309-310.

"John White (1590-1645)." Vol. III, pp. 312-313.

"Sir John Wildman (1623-1692)." Vol. III, pp. 323-325.

 

"Insolent and Formidable Felons: Historical Crime in Early Modern England."  Canadian Journal of History.  Vol. XVII, Autumn 1982.  Pp. 307-314.

 

"The Historical Foundations of the Common Law."  In Legal Education beyond Socrates, ed. Constance D. Hunt.  Calgary: Faculty of Law, 1977.  Pp. 21-25.

Book Reviews (in):

American Historical Review

America: History and Life

American Journal of Legal History

Albion

British Studies Monitor

+Canadian Book Review Annual

Canadian Historical Review

Canadian Journal of History

Canadian Journal of Law and Society

Canadian Review of American Studies

Criminal Law Forum: An International Journal

Great Plains Research Journal

H-Albion Net

History of Political Thought

Historical Abstracts: Modern History (1450-1914)

International Criminal Justice Review

Journal of Canadian Studies

Labour/La Travail

Law and History Review

Manitoba Law Journal

Renaissance Quarterly

Seventeenth Century

University of Toronto Law Journal

University of Toronto Quarterly

Scholarly Papers and Addresses

 “Sir Edward Coke and Star Chamber Litigation in the Late-Sixteenth and Early-Seventeenth Centuries.” Conference on the History of the Star Chamber: Durham University, July 8, 2019.

 

”The Legal Culture of the Kootenays/Columbia, 1860s-1914”. BC Studies Conference. Kamloops: Three Rivers University, May 3, 2019.

 

“EXPERT REPORT: ‘A Letter of Opinion on Election Jurisdiction in Anglo-Canadian Law’”. For “Anglin v. the Att.-Gen. of Alberta,” Alberta Court of Appeal, March 2019 (submitted), case to be heard in February 2020.

 

“The Historiography of Law and Society in Prairie Canada, 1870-2000.” Paper foe the Canadian Historical Association and the Canadian Law and Society Association, Learned Societies of Canada, University of Calgary, May 23, 2017.

 

“Interpersonal Violence: The Way of the World in Late Elizabethan England.” Canadian Historical Association, and Canadian Law and Society Association, Annual Conferences, Joint Session: University of Calgary, 30 May 2016.

 

“The Records Maze for the Courts of Requests, and Wards and Liveries, in Elizabethan and Jacobean England.” The National Archives, UK: 21 November 2014.

 

“Sir Thomas Egerton, Chancery, and the Reform of Equity Proceedings, 1594-1606.” Western Conference on British Studies: ‘Crisis, Conflict and Conciliation,” Calgary: 3 October 2014.

 

“White Man’s Law on Aboriginal Land.” Public Paper, Faculty of Law, University of Adelaide, South Australia: 11 December 2013.

 

“Sir Thomas Egerton and the Reform of Star Chamber in Late Elizabethan England.” Tudor-Stuart Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, University of London: 22 April 2013.

 

“Violence in the Elizabeth Star Chamber.” Seminar Paper for ‘Early Modern England’, Institute of Historical Research: London, Senate House, 20 November 2011.

 

“Litigating Complaints in Early Seventeenth Century Kent: Lawyers, sergeants and jurors ‘engineering’ common law process in local courts.” British Legal History Conference: Cambridge UK, 8 July 2011.

 

“Humourous Magistrates in Midlands England and Frontier Alberta.” Symposium on “Humourous Magistrates”: University of Calgary, 2 February 2010.

 

“The Magistrate — and Humourous Magistrates — in Early Seventeenth Century England.” Conference on ‘The Humour Magistrate’: University of Calgary, 3 March 2010.

 

“Multiple Suits from the Perspective of Star Chamber Litigation in Elizabethan England.” British Legal History Conference: “Making Legal History: Methodologiers, Sources and Substance”. Exeter UK: 13 July 2009.

 

“David Thompson and the Kootenays, May 1808.” Public Lecture for the David Thompson Bi-Centennial: Creston BC, 9 May 2008.

 

“Family, Patronage and Artful Living in Rural England: The Egerton-Stanleys at Ludlow Castle and Harefield House, 1631-1637.” Medieval and Renaissance Centre Seminar, University of Calgary: 6 October 2006.

 

“The Incidence of Female Criminality and Property Crimes in Late Elizabethan Kent.”

North American Conference on British Studies, Annual Conference: Portland, Oregon: 5 November 2005.

 

“The Rape in Snargate.” Australian Legal History Society, Annual Conference: Melbourne, 13 July 2005.

 

“Native Title in the Common Law Mind: Australia, New Zealand and Western Canada.” Special conference on “Law’s Empire”: Canadian Law & Society Association, Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand, and the Australia and New Zealand Society for Legal History. Harrison Hot Springs, BC: 27 June 2005.

 

“’O Stupiditie in the robes of iustice’: Mr. Thrifty, A Commonwealth JP.” Symposium on unperformed plays in the Osborne Collection: University of Calgary, 9 April 2005.

 

“’I can say no more’: Depositions and Representations of Crime in Early Seventeenth Century England.” North American Conference on British Studies: Tucson, Arizona, October 2003.

 

“Women and Personal Crimes in Late Elizabethan England.” Canadian Historical Society, and Canadian Law and Society Association Annual Conference, Joint Session, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences: Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2 June 2003.

 

“Violence in Early Modern Europe.” Crime and Criminal Justice History Consortium: Paris, 20 July 2003.

 

“The Incidence of Female Criminality and Property Crimes in Late Elizabethan Kent.”

Canadian Law and Society Association, Annual Conference: Toronto: 2 May 2003.

 

“The Geographical, Jurisdictional, and Jurisprudential Boundaries of English Litigation in the Early Seventeenth Century.” International Legal History Conference on “Mapping the Law”: University of Exeter, 4 April 2003.

 

“The Myth of the Mounties in the Policing of Western Canada, 1873-1914.” Social Science History Association, Annual Conference: St Louis, 24 October 2002.

 

"Coroners' Inquests and Homicide Prosecutions in British Columbia's Interior, 1867-1920." Joint Annual Conference of the Canadian Law and Society Association and the Law and Society Association (U.S.A.): Vancouver, British Columbia, 30 May 2002.

 

"9-11 and the Future of Legal History in the Common Law World." Canadian Law and Society Association: Green College, University of British Columbia, 1 February 2002.

 

“. . . Towards a Legal History of Canada”. Canadian Law and Society Association: Green College, University of British Columbia, 26 January 2001.

“The Imperial and Colonial Roots of Customary Law in North American Frontiers.” Annual Conference of the Canadian Law and Society Association:  Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, 2 June 2000.

 

“Images of Law and Order in the Legal Culture of the Kootenays, 1870-1914.” Annual Conference of the American Society for Legal History, Toronto, Ontario, 21 October 1999.

 

“Blood Feud and Dispute Resolution in the Canadian West, 1670-1870.”  Special Conference on Vendetta:  The Weiner Reimers Stiftung Center, Bad Homburg, Germany, 25 June 1999.

 

“Sir Thomas Egerton at Court, 1581-1617:  Family, Patronage, and Politics in Early Modern England.”  Seminar Series: Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 13 February 1999.

 

“‘From Oral to Written Memory’:  The Early History of the Courts in Alberta.” Court Services Conference, Banff Centre, Alberta, 9 September 1998.

 

“’Evill in Winter, grievous in Sommer, and never good’:  Romney Marsh and the Consuetudo Marisci in Early Modern England.”  Australia-New Zealand Law and History Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 4 July 1998.

 

"Defining the Law of Homicide in the Common Law World: A Problematique."  Special Conference on Directions for Canadian Socio-Legal Studies in the 21st Century:  Green College, University of British Columbia, 31 January 1998.

 

"The Reception of English Law in the Canadian Colonies: A Historical Paradigm." Special Conference on Canada's Legal History--Past, Present, Future:  University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 3 October 1997.

 

"The Provincial Legal Profession in Early-Seventeenth Century England:  A Case Study." Conference on the History of the Law Profession:  Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, England, 5 July 1997.

 

"The Judges of the Supreme Court of Alberta, 1876-1990: A Prosopography."  Law for the Buffalo, Law for the Musk Ox. Studies in the Legal History of the Northwest Territories and Prairie Provinces, 1670-1940:  University of Calgary, 5 April 1997.

 

"Crimes Against Persons in Early Modern England."  Social Sciences History Association:  New Orleans, 29 October 1996.

 

"Crime and Criminal Justice Historical Research in Canada:  Retrospect and Prospectus."  Learned Societies of Canada: Brock University, St. Catherine's, Ontario, 2 June 1996.

 

"The Morphology of Civil Litigation in the Local, Secular Courts of Kent in the Early Seventeenth Century."  The Twelfth British Legal History Conference: Durham University, England, 20 July 1995.

 

"Legal Pluralism and Legal History: National and Local Paradigms."

Canadian Law and Society Association, Learned Societies of Canada:  University of Montreal, 7 June 1995.

 

"Violence on the Western Canadian Frontier: A Study in Legal Pluralism."  Canadian Law and Society Association, Learned Societies of Canada:  University of Calgary, 14 June 1994.

 

"Violence and Legal Fiction in the Elizabethan Star Chamber, 1558-1603."  Canadian Historical Association, Learned Societies of Canada:  University of Calgary, 13 June 1994.

 

"Prosecutions in Elizabethan Kent."  Annual Conference of the American Society for Legal History: Washington, D.C., 22 October 1994.

 

"Policing Violent Crime in the Canadian West, 1870-1914."  Annual Meeting of the Social History Society Conference:  Luton University, England, 9 January 1994.

 

"The Impact of War on Crime in Elizabethan England."  International conference on War, Law and Crime:  La Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, 3 June 1993.

 

"Defining Legal Culture in Prairie Canada, 1880s-1930s: A Prolegomenon."  Symposium on Contemporary and Historical Issues in Legal Pluralism--Prairie and Northern Canada:  Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 7 November 1992.

 

"The Writ of Habeas Corpus in Early Modern England: A Case Study."  North American Conference on British Studies Annual Meeting;  Boulder, Colorado, 10 October 1992.

 

"Nonstatal Legal Records: Contexts and Parameters."  Special Conference on Law, State and Society in Modern History:  Osgoode Hall, Toronto, 16 May 1992.

 

"Users of Legal Records: Case Studies from a Commonwealth Perspective."  Symposium on Legal Records in the Commonwealth:  Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London, 4 July 1991.

 

"Legal-Historical Scholarship and Intertextuality."  Annual Conference of the Association of Canadian Archivists:  Banff, Alberta, 7 April 1991.

 

"The Images of the Law and Legal Culture in British Columbia 1866-1914."  Law for the Elephant, Law for the Beaver: A Transboundary Conference on the Legal History of the West and Northwest of North America:  University of Victoria, British Columbia, 23 February 1991.

 

"The Incidence of Female Criminality and Property Crimes in Late Elizabethan Kent."  Annual Conference of the Social Science History Association:  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 20 October 1990.

 

"The Structure of Criminal Prosecutions in Late Elizabethan England: A Geological and Demographic Interpretation."  University of London Seminar Series:  Institute of Historical Research, London, 26 May 1990.

 

"R.B. Bennett and the Early History of Corporate Law on the Prairies, 1898-1912."  The Osgoode Society Conference on Lawyers and Business in Canadian History:  Toronto, Osgoode Hall, 13 May 1989.

 

"Political Biography in Stuart England."  Southern Conference on British Studies:  George Mason University, Harrietsburg, Virginia, 6 October 1988.

 

"Policing the Empire: Britain and Canada."  Conference on the History of the Police in Britain:  Birkbeck College, University of London, 20 May 1988.

 

"The Impact of the French Revolution on Judicial Mentalities in the Canadian Province, 1789-1800."  Colloquium on Canada and the French Revolution: Interuniversity Centre for European Studies, Montreal, 31 October 1987.

 

"The Prosecution of Suicides in Early Modern England."  North American Conference on British Studies, Annual Meeting:  Portland, Oregon, 17 October 1987.

 

"Judicial Process in Early-Seventeenth Century England."  Annual Conference of the American Society for Legal History:  Toronto, 24 October 1986.

 

"The Legal System at Work: Courts, Officials, Litigants and Attorneys in Kent, 1602."  Seminar in the Public Records:  The Public Record Office, London, England, 1 June 1986.

 

“Report on the Social Character and Careers of Judges Conybeare, Macleod and Scott.” Alberta Culture, Historic Sites Service. Edmonton: December 1985.

 

“Advocates, Judges and Courts: A Judicial History of Southern Alberta in the North-West Territories 1883-1907.” Alberta Culture, Historic Sites Service. Edmonton: 2 July 1985.

 

"Common Law and Common Custom in Tudor England."  Conference on the Ancient Constitution Revisited, National Endowment for the Humanities:  Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C, 4 April 1985.

 

"The Worm of Oblivion': Authority and the Rule of Law in Elizabethan England."  Political Thought in the Elizabethan Age, Center for the Study of Political Thought:  Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., 27 March 1985.

 

"Law and Custom in Early Modern England."  International Congress of the Jean Bodin Society for the Comparative History of Institutions.  Brussels, Belgium: 2 October 1984.

 

"The Reality of Violence in Elizabethan England: A Perspective From the Star Chamber Proceedings, 1558-1625."  International Conference on the History of Crime and Criminal Justice:  Maastricht, The Netherlands, 19 May 1984.

 

"`There Wilbe Good Doeings Annone': The Administration of English Criminal Law in Early-Seventeenth Century Kent."  Warwick International Conference on the History of Law, Labour and Crime:  University of Warwick, Coventry, England, 17 September 1983.

 

"Criminal Justice in Lower Canada, 1800-1840."  Canadian Association of Law Teachers.  Annual Conference, Learned Societies of Canada: Vancouver, British Columbia, 4 June 1983.

 

"`Be it Remembered': Court Records and Research in the Canadian Provinces."  Annual Conference of the Association of Canadian Archivists, Learned Societies of Canada:  University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 2 June 1983.

 

"The Conflict Theory of Crime in Early Canada; A Case Study of Quebec, 1760-1837."  Annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences:  Louisville, Kentucky, 26 March 1982.

 

"The Comparative Study of Crime and Criminal Justice in Canada, 1760-1840."  Conference on Legal History:  Osgoode Hall Law School, 12 February 1981.

 

"Criminal Litigation in Kent in the Early Seventeenth Century."  Seminar in Social History:  University of Lancaster, England, 14 May 1980.

 

"Comparative Jurisprudence: Legal Humanism in Continental Europe and Britain, 1500-1640."  International Conference on Criminal Justice:  Preston Polytechnic, England, 12 May 1980.

 

"The Influence of Continental Jurists on English Common Lawyers in the Renaissance."  International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies:  Bologna, Italy, 30 August 1979.

 

"Kent at Law: Litigation in an English County in the Early 17th Century."  English Legal History Conference:  University of Birmingham, England, 12 July 1979.

 

"The Ancient Constitution Revisited: The Politics of English Common Law, 1500-1700."  Special Conference on the Ancient Constitution:  Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., 13 April 1979.

 

"Marriage Customs, Law and Litigation in the Canadian Northwest, 1800-1870." Canadian Historical Association, Learned Societies of Canada:  University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 31 May 1978.

 

"British Jurisprudence and British History."  Rocky Mountain Conference on British Studies:  Snow Bird, Utah, 9 October 1977.

 

"Patronage in Late Renaissance England: Such a Rural Chancellor, Lord Baron Ellesmere."  William Andrews Clark  Memorial Lecture:  Los Angeles, California, 14 May 1977.

 

"Patronage at the Inns of Court in Elizabethan England."  Geoffrey Elton Seminar in Tudor History:  Cambridge University, England, 25 May 1976.

 

“Perspectives in Canadian Legal History.”  The International Congress of the Historical Sciences:  San Francisco, California, 24 August 1975.

 

"Law and History."  Annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association, Learned Societies of Canada:  University of Toronto, 5 June 1974.

 

"Humanism and the Common Law Renaissance."  Annual Meeting of the Humanities Association of Canada, Learned Societies of Canada:  University of Toronto, 1 June 1974.

 

"Conscience in the English Common Law Tradition."  Conference on the European Conscience--From Erasmus to Pascal, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities:  Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., 17 November 1973.

 

"Coke, Ellesmere, and the Plea Rolls."  Plea Roll Conference, sponsored by the American Society for Legal History:  Chicago, 13 April 1973.

 

"Crime and Law Enforcement in Late Tudor and Early Stuart England: A Critique."  American Historical Association, Annual Convention:  New Orleans, 29 December 1972.

 

"The Inns of Court and Society in The Age of Shakespeare."  Conference on Law and Order in Tudor England, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities:  Washington, D.C., 25 November 1972.

 

“Violence and Crime in English Law.”  Symposium of the American Society for Legal History:  Boston, Massachusetts, 23 October 1972.

 

“Sir Edward Coke, L’Enfant Terrible: Law and Politics in Jacobean England.” University of Indiana and Notre Dame University:  South Bend, Indiana, 25 October 1971.

 

"The Social and Educational Background of the Law Profession in Elizabethan England."  Folger Shakespeare Library Seminar Series:  Washington, D.C.,  21 October 1971.

 

"The Organization and Training of the Law Profession in the Sixteenth Century."  S.F.C. Milsom Seminar in English Legal Processes:  London School of Economics, 17 May 1971.

 

"The Breaking of the Circle: Ministerial Careers, Political Factions, and the National Interest, 1610-1621."  Sir John Neale - Joel Hurstfield Seminar in Tudor-Stuart History:  University of London, 18 January 1971.

 

"Ministerial Careers, Government and Politics, ca. 1580-1630: A View from Within."  American Historical Association, West Coast Branch:  San Diego, 27 August 1969.

 

“British Imperialism and Middle East.”  World Universities Services Conference: University of Saskatchewan, Regina, 1 March 1968.

 

"Common Law - Chancery Disputes in the Early Seventeenth Century."  American Historical Association, West Coast Branch:  Los Angeles, 30 August 1965.

 

 

 

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