Law of the Land: The Advent of the Torrens System in Canada (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History)
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (938 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802099130 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Greg Taylor is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at Monash University.
About the AuthorGreg Taylor is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at Monash University.
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.
Taylor is the master of this subject: Torrens Land Registry in the British Commonwealth The modern Torrens system of land registration spread from the State of South Australia (1858) to Canada's Vancouver Island (1860) and ultimately to Canada's largest province, Ontario, where a wholesale conversion to Torrens is now in effect. The role of the Canada Land Law Amendment Association through its president, John Herbert Mason of Canada Permanent Trust, is meticulously documented.This is an intricate topic of legal history and Greg Taylor's treatment of it draws so fluently from primary and secon