Foundations of Justice

David Mittelstadt is a writer and historian currently working as a heritage consultant on numerous projects.

• ForewordPreface and AcknowledgementsLegal Archies Society of AlbertaIntroduction: The Courthouse - General Themes and HistoryPart One: The Territorial Courthouses The North-West Territories to 1905 The Territorial Courts The Territorial Supreme Court Courthouse Policy - The Conservatives Courthouse Policy - The Liberals Architecture and Design CalgaryCalgary - The Early Days The Courts in Calgary A Temporary Solution The Courthouse of 1890 The First Decade - Some ModificationEpilogue LethbridgeLethbridge - The Early Days The Courts - And Courtrooms - of Early Lethbridge Courthouses or Public Buildings? Epilogue Medicine Hat Medicine Hat - The Early Days A Temporary Courthouse The Territorial Courthouse Epilogue Fort MacleodMacleod - The Early DaysMacleod and the Courts The First Courthouse An Unwanted Courthouse The Dream Becomes Reality Epilogue Edmonton: The Courthouse that Never Was Edmonton - The Early Years Edmonton's First Courtrooms Distractions Robertson Hall The Resident Judge A New Home - The Sandison Block The Chourthouse that Never Was The Resident Judge - Again Red Deer Red Deer - The Early Years The Courts in Red Deer A Liberal's Courthouse Epilogue Conclusion Part Two: The First Provincial Couthouses - The Liberals Reign 1905 to 1921The Provincial Courts Courthouse Policy, Part One: Rutherford Courthouse Policy, Part Two: The Sifton Years Patronage and Politicking Architecture and Design CardstonCardson - The Early Years Cardston and the Courts The Courthouse Courthouse or Community Hall? Conclusion WetaskiwinWetaskiwin - The Early Years Courts and Courthouses Design and Construction Epilogue EdmontonA New Era and a Temple of Justice Fort Saskatchewan Construction An Anticlimax An Inadequate Design Epilogue LethbridgeLethbridge in the New Era Finding the Perfect Spot A Less than Successful Design Epilogue The Taber Courthouse CalgaryCalgary in a New Era A Long Wait Jeffers' Last Hurrah Not Without Incident The Long-Awaited Hall of Justice Epilogue Medicine Hat Medicine Hat in the New Era The First Attempt The Second Attempt The Third Attempt Construction Epilogue Conclusion Pat Three: A New Regime: The UFA Years The Courts Courthouse Policy Architecture and Design Blairmore Blairmore - The Early Days The Chourts in Blairmore The Courthouse Epilogue Grande Prairie Grande Prairie - The Early Days Grande Prairie and the Courts Campaigning for a Courthouse The 1929 Courthouse Epilogue HannaHanna - The Early Days The Courts in Hanna The Courthouse Epilogue Drumheller Red Deer The Promised Courthouse The Jeans Factor Stettler's SchoolhouseThe Depression Courthouse EpilogueVegrevilleVegreville - The Early DaysThe Law Comes to Vegreville Design Opening Day Epilogue Conclusion Epilogue: The Alberta Courthouse Since World War II Notes Bibliography Index