In the post today: the first Osgoode Society book for 2013, Ian Kyer's Lawyers, Families and Businesses: The Shaping of a Bay Street Law Firm, Faskens 1863- 1963. This volume was published by Irwin Law for the Osgoode Society, our second volume with Irwin. It looks a bit different from the U of T Press volumes, on the cover and inside (the spine is in the usual OS format.) And it's quite lovely, with a distinctive cover illustration and a very readable and attractive font. It's also downloadable for Ipad.I have read and heard bits of this project over the years and am very much looking forward to reading the final version. Often firm histories are a more or less boring one damn thing after another chronology and hagiographic to boot. I wouldn't expect this to be a negative account of Faskens history: as the preface makes clear, Ian was connected to the firm (now Faskens Martineau) throughout the process and he is currently counsel to the firm, specializing in IP. But I do expect it to be critical in a good way and a terrific contribution to the histories of Canadian law and business and Toronto and Ontario generally.
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