Philip Girard is a professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.

• I IntroductionII AntecedentsIII ApprenticeshipIV The Legal Profession in Nova Scotia:  Organization and Mobility V The Making of a Colonial Lawyer, 1822-1827VI The Maturing of a Colonial Lawyer, 1828-1850VII The Politics of a Colonial Lawyer:  Murdoch, Howe, and Responsible Government    VIII Law and Politics in the Colonial City:  Murdoch as Recorder of Halifax, 1850-1860 IX Law, Identity and Improvement:  Murdoch as Cultural Producer X EpilogueXI ConclusionAppendix A

Philip Girard is a professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.

• I IntroductionII AntecedentsIII ApprenticeshipIV The Legal Profession in Nova Scotia:  Organization and Mobility V The Making of a Colonial Lawyer, 1822-1827VI The Maturing of a Colonial Lawyer, 1828-1850VII The Politics of a Colonial Lawyer:  Murdoch, Howe, and Responsible Government    VIII Law and Politics in the Colonial City:  Murdoch as Recorder of Halifax, 1850-1860 IX Law, Identity and Improvement:  Murdoch as Cultural Producer X EpilogueXI ConclusionAppendix A

Philip Girard is a professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.

• I IntroductionII AntecedentsIII ApprenticeshipIV The Legal Profession in Nova Scotia:  Organization and Mobility V The Making of a Colonial Lawyer, 1822-1827VI The Maturing of a Colonial Lawyer, 1828-1850VII The Politics of a Colonial Lawyer:  Murdoch, Howe, and Responsible Government    VIII Law and Politics in the Colonial City:  Murdoch as Recorder of Halifax, 1850-1860 IX Law, Identity and Improvement:  Murdoch as Cultural Producer X EpilogueXI ConclusionAppendix A