Law

Subseries
1877 - 2004

Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's items of interest collected throughout his life, including biographical materials, art pieces, newspaper clippings, periodicals, books, and other materials.

Ronald St. John Macdonald’s Dalhousie University records

Subseries
1863 - 1999

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his involvement with Dalhousie University as a professor and dean of Dalhousie University Law School. Subseries include records related to Dalhousie Faculty Association's strike in 1988, records related to Dalhousie University Law School centenary, records related to Dalhousie University Law School fire, records related to Ronald St. John Macdonald's lectures, meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, pamphlets, offprints, periodicals, and other materials.

Ronald St. John Macdonald’s correspondence

Series
1933 - 2006

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Series comprises correspondence regarding Macdonald's professional and academic involvement with institutions including Osgoode Hall, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, Peking University, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Series also contains correspondence between Ronald St. John Macdonald and individuals including Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, Paul E. Martin, Jean Chrétien, Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Wang Tieya, A. Donat Pharand, and others.

Ronald St. John Macdonald’s conference records

Subseries
1972 - 1992

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding events such as the conference on the Canadian and the United States strategic concerns in the Arctic held at the University of California in 1990. Subseries include pamphlets and typescripts.

Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

MS-2-615
Fonds
1823 - 2006

Fonds comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his personal, academic, and professional activities as a jurist, judge, and professor. Records include those related to Macdonald's involvement with Osgoode Hall, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, Peking University, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Records types include correspondence; meeting minutes and agendas; research materials; photographs; newsletters; newspaper clippings; manuscripts; and off-prints.

Macdonald, Ronald St. John, 1928-2006

Reviews of Ronald St. John Macdonald's published work

MS-2-615, Box 30, Folder 18; and MS-2-615, Box 65, Folders 16 - 21
File
1974 - 1996

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

File includes reviews of Canadian perspectives on international law and organization; F.R. Scott: essays on his contributions to law, literature, and politics; and Structure and process of international law: essays in legal philosophy doctrine and theory. File also contains Macdonald's review of Constitutionalism and rights: the influence of the United States constitution abroad, by Louis Henkin and Albert J. Rosenthal; and Justice in international law (selected writings of Judge Stephen M. Schwebel), by Stephen M. Schwebel; clippings and correspondence.

Reviews of Ronald St. John Macdonald's Arctic Frontier

MS-2-615, Box 68, Folder 11
File
1966 - 1966

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Reviews of Current Law and Social Problems

MS-2-615, Box 68, Folder 12
File
1960 - 1962

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Review of Vincent MacDonald's Legislative Power and the Supreme Court in the Fifties

MS-2-171, Box 2, Folder 30
Item
1962

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a photocopied clipping of a review by S.A. de Smith that appeared in The Modern Law Review (January 1962).

Rethinking International Governance group preliminary report

MS-2-615, Box 67, Folder 15
File
1986 - 1986

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

File contains the preliminary report produced at the first meeting of the group assembled by the Harold E. Stassen Center for World Peace of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.

Research records regarding the protection of journalists in international law

MS-2-615, Box 73, Folder 8
File
[ca. 1990]

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Research notes and expense information related to the publication of Law in Contemporary China

MS-2-615, Box 98, Folder 5, Item 12
Item
1991

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Item consists of notes, timelines, and expense projections related to publishing "Law in Contemporary China", edited by Ronald St. John Macdonald and Zhenjiang Zhao. Wang Tieya served on both the Advisory Committee and the Translation Committee for this publication.

Research notes and clippings related to the development of the book "Essays in Honour of Wang Tieya"

MS-2-615, Box 72, Folder 9
File
1992

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

File contains research notes and clippings related to Chinese international relations and the development of the festschrift "Essays in Honour of Wang Tieya".

Research materials on the teaching of international law at Canadian universities

MS-2-615, Box 92, Folders 5 and 6; MS-2-615, Box 93, Folders 1 and 2
File
1973 - 1987

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Research materials on Soviet Union foreign policy

MS-2-615, Box 73, Folder 3
File
[ca. 1997] - [ca. 1997]

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Research materials on education and international law in China

MS-2-615, Box 80, Folder 6
File
[1992-1993]

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

File contains book reviews and associated clippings collected by Ronald St. John Macdonald, related to Chinese education and international law.

Research materials on China and international adjudication

MS-2-615, Box 79, Folder 3
File
1972 - 1979

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Republic of Cyprus

Subseries
1956 - 1999

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his consultation work for the Republic of Cyprus. Subseries contains a draft constitution for the Federal Republic of Cyprus, bulletins, newspaper clippings, reports, and other materials.

Report on salaries and training of articled clerks in Canada, prepared for the Dalhousie Law Students' Society

MS-2-693, Box 1, Folder 4
File
1966

Part of R. Graham Murray fonds

File contains the "Report on Salaries and training of articled clerks in Canada" prepared for the Dalhousie Law Students' Society by John L. Harris, third year law student, in March 1966.

Report on draft report of Committee on Comparative Provincial Legislation as to Contributory Negligence Act

MS-2-171, Box 2, Folder 2
Item
1934

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a report written by Vincent C. MacDonald on behalf of the Nova Scotia Commissioners for the Conference of Commissioners on Uniformity of Legislation in Canada.

Report of the United Nations mediator on Cyprus to the secretary-general : [booklet]

MS-2-615, Box 135, Folder 3
File
1965 - 1965

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Records regarding Ronald St. John Macdonald’s academic work

Series
1823 - 2005

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Series comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his academic activities, including his involvement as a faculty member of York University Osgoode Hall, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, and other institutions. Series also includes records and research materials regarding the development of Macdonald's publications, unpublished papers, and other materials.

R. Graham Murray fonds

MS-2-693
Fonds
1831 - 1988

Fonds includes records related to the Community Planning Association of Canada, Dalhousie Law School, Royal Canadian Air Force, personal correspondence, copies of deeds, legal agreements and wills, and printed materials.

Murray, Robert Graham

Publications by V.C. MacDonald

MS-2-171, Box 2, Folder 22
Item
[after 1960]

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a typed bibliography with penciled additions.

Public Relations - Reference Files

MS-1-Ref, Box 142, Folder 5
File
1958 - 1959

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Scrapbook

Public international law: a proposal submitted to the Ford Foundation / University of Toronto Faculty of Law

MS-2-615, Box 67, Folder 12
File
[198-?] - [198-?]

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Prosecuting officers and the administration of justice in Nova Scotia / Professor Bruce Archibald

MS-2-681, Box 15, Folder 13
Item
n.d.

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

Item is a draft working paper prepared for the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr. Prosecution.

Proposed table of contents for the book "Essays in Honour of Wang Tieya"

MS-2-615, Box 72, Folder 8
Item
August 7, 1993

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Item consists of an edited draft table of contents for Ronald St. John Macdonald's proposed festschrift "Essays in Honour of Wang Tieya".

Professors in profile : Ronald St. J. Macdonald / Art McDonald

MS-2-615, Box 130, Folder 8
File
1975 - 1975

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Proceedings of the Constitutional Conference of Federal and Provincial Governments

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 23
Item
1950

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a copy of the published proceedings from the Constitutional Conference of Federal and Provincial Governments, January 10-12, 1950.

Problems of the law : [manuscript]

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 49
Item
18 November 1941

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a typed and annotated manuscript of an address that begins: "There are many reasons why citizens should be willing to listen to a discussion of matters relating to the law and its problems."

Pre-legal education and the Osgoode Hall Law School / Ronald St. John Macdonald : [manuscript]

MS-2-615, Box 107, Folder 16
File
1956 - 1956

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Pierre Trudeau's remarks given at the opening session of the National Conference on the Law

MS-2-615, Box 108, Folder 5
File
1972 - 1972

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Photographs of the University Club interior

PC1, Box 2, Folder 19
File
[between 1922 and 1967]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains photographs taken in the University Club at Dalhousie University, previously known as the Arts Building and the Law Building. The photographs show the library in the Law Building and the men's common room in the Arts Building.

Photographs of the University Club exterior

PC1, Box 2, Folder 20
File
[ca. 1922-1976]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains photographs of the exterior of the University Club at Dalhousie University, previously known as the Arts Building, then the Law School. The photographs show the front and sides of the building.

Photographs of the Sir James Dunn Law Library interior

PC1, Box 2, Folder 25
File
[ca. 1967]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains eight photographs taken in the Sir James Dunn Law Library in the Weldon Law Building at Dalhousie University. The photographs show various rooms and areas in the library and people working or reading in the library. Some of the photos were taken for an issue of Ansul.

Wamboldt-Waterfield Photography Limited

Photographs of sections A-C of the Dalhousie Law School class of 1982-1983

PC1, Box 29, Folder 30
File
[between 1982 and 1983]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains three photographic collages of sections A-C of the Dalhousie Faculty of Law in 1982-1983. The collages consist of photographs of each student holding up a sign with their name and there is also a name tag attached to each photograph. The file also contains transparency reproductions of each collage and a large photograph with reproductions of all three collages.

Photographs of Faculty of Law first year class of 1972-1973

PC1, Box 26, Folder 31
File
[between 1972 and 1973]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains photographs of the 1972-1973 first year class of the Dalhousie University Faculty of Law.

Photographs of Faculty of Law classes of 1973-74

PC1, Box 26, Folder 32
File
[between 1973 and 1974]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contain four photographs of the 1973-1974 first, second, and third year classes of the Dalhousie University Faculty of Law.

Photographs of Faculty of Law classes of 1971-72

PC1, Box 26, Folder 30
File
[between 1971 and 1972]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains photographs of the 1971-1972 first and second year classes of the Dalhousie University Faculty of Law.

Photographs of Dalhouise Faculty of Law classes of 1970-1971

PC1, Box 26, Folder 28
File
[between 1970 and 1971]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains two copies each of four photographs of the 1970-1971 first, second, and third year class of the Dalhousie University Faculty of Law.

Photographs from the opening of the Weldon Law Building

PC1, Box 2, Folder 23
File
March 18, 1967

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains photographs taken at the opening of the Weldon Law Building at Dalhousie University, including the unveiling of a plaque in honour of Sir James Dunn and the dedication of the Sir James Dunn Law Library. The photographs show Lady Beaverbrook, Henry Hicks, Horace Read, and other guests.

Photographic collage of section C of the Dalhousie Law School class of 1982-1983

PC1, Box 29, Folder 30, Items 6-7
Item
[between 1982 and 1983]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains a photographic collage and a transparency of of section A of the Dalhousie Faculty of Law in 1982-1983. The collage consists of photographs of Glenn Anderson; Debbie Armour; Sonya Brander; Barbara Brown; Jim Burrill; Bernard Butler; Edwin Cameron; Bruce Chislett; Greg Clark; Lynn Connors; George Donovan; Doug Drysdale; Allen Eagleson; Neil Flanagan; Celia Forsyth; Mary Hamilton; Charlotte Hatfield; Peter Hickman; Jean Hillier Dewolfe; Richard Hirsch; Ian Holloway; Jim Isnor; Cathy Jones; Shawn Kavanagh; Bruce Langstroth; Greg Lenehan; Hester Lessard; Gerald MacDonald; Fraser MacFayden; Marguerite MacNeil; Barry MacTavish; Frank Archibald McIntyre; Isobel MacNeil; Kirk Meldrum; Evangilia Moutoulas; Holly Nicholson; Cathleen O'Grady; John Oxner; Dave Parker; Rick Pellino; Deborah Poole; Harold Porter; Don Presse; Kay Rhodenizer; Peter Rosinski; Catherine Smith; Ron Snyder; Roberta Sullivan; Greg Uhrynuk; Clayton Wallace; Gary Wharton; Randy Whiffen; and Liz Wood. Each person is holding up a sign with their name and there is also a name tag attached to each photograph.

Photographic collage of section B of the Dalhousie Law School class of 1982-1983

PC1, Box 29, Folder 30, Items 4-5
Item
[between 1982 and 1983]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains a photographic collage and a transparency of of section B of the Dalhousie Faculty of Law in 1982-1983. The collage consists of photographs of Gita Anand; Heather Boyd; Nan Brooks; Darrell Brown; Sheila Bruce; Ross Byrne; Brent Childs; Ronald Chisholm; Brenda Christen; Kevin Gault; Edward Gores; Robert Dunn; Duncan Gosnell; Pam Goulding; Isabel Grant; Bernie Hogan; Cheryl Holden; Jim Igloliorte; Joanne Johnston; Jawad Kassab; Karen Kinley; Annemarie Koch; David Kornhouser; Eric LeDrew; Jud Levinson; Kirk Lyonde; Jim MacAulay; Kevin MacLean; Brian MacNeil; Peter McElhaney; Janet McMurtry; John Meaney; Valerie Miller; Judy Neil; Karen Oldfield; John O'Neill; Scott Peacock; Brenda Picard; Martin Pollock; Kathryn Raymond; Carol Reesor; Ralph Ripley; Susannah Rowley; Samy Salloum; Laurie Sayer-Smith; Norma Scott; Dave Steeves; Marji Taylor; Michael Tweel; Peter Ward; Wayne Wolfe; and Roy Dickey. Each person is holding up a sign with their name and there is also a name tag attached to each photograph.

Photographic collage of section A of the Dalhousie Law School class of 1982-1983

PC1, Box 29, Folder 30, Items 2-3
Item
[between 1982 and 1983]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains a photographic collage and a transparency of of section A of the Dalhousie Faculty of Law in 1982-1983. The collage consists of photographs of Elizabeth Ackman; Alex Beadie; Jocelyn Bennett; Christine Birnie; Kelly Bray; Kathy Briand; Vincent Calderhead; Taska Carrigan; Ken Clark; Steve Coughlan; Paul Davies; Les Doll; Kevin Drolet; Marian Fourtune-Stone; Gavin Giles; Tim Hill; Chuck Hofley; Karen Hudson; Jay Humphrey; David Jones; Ann Keating; Susan Keswick; Mark Knox; Carson Lawrence; Herve LePierres; Mona Lynch; Neil MacLean; Louise MacPherson; Mike Madden; Donald Mathews; Lesley McKenzie; Alex Mersereau; Ann Mowatt; Clyde Nickerson; Paul O'Connell; Chris Parke; Gerry Parson; Nancy Peers; Dean Pietrantonio; Pam Reardon; Lynn Peierson; Jim Revell; Deveryn Ross; Cindy Rotar; Joe Spears; Jane Ann Summers; Tony Tam; Chris Van Dyck; John Willkinson; Bois Wilson; Nancy Wright; and Peter Rogers. Each person is holding up a sign with their name and there is also a name tag attached to each photograph.