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Essays in the History of Canadian Law : Quebec and the Canadas.
The essays in this volume deal with the legal history of the Province of Quebec, Upper and Lower Canada, and the Province of Canada between the British conquest of 1759 and confederation of the British North America colonies in 1867.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction Quebec and the Canadas, 1760 to 1867: A Legal Historiography
- 1. Les débuts de la littérature juridique québécoise, 1767-1840
- 2. Les revendications des nouveaux sujets, francophones et catholiques, de la Province de Québec, 1764-1774
- 3. "A just and obvious distinction": The Meaning of Imprisonment for Debt and the Criminal Law in Upper Canada's Age of Reform
- 4. The Law of Nations in the Borderlands: Sovereignty and Self-Defence in the Rebellion Period, 1837-1842
- 5. Minority Groups and the Law in Quebec, 1760-1867
- 6. Être " demanderesse " en Justice: Permanences civilistes dans la Province de Québec, de la Juridiction royale de Montréal (1740-1760) à la Cour des plaids communs de Montréal (1760-1791)
- 7. "To shudder at the bare recital of those acts": Child Abuse, Family, and Montreal Courts in the Early Nineteenth Century
- 8. Married Women's Property Law Reform, Couples, and Fraud in Canada West / Ontario, 1859-1900
- 9. From Shaved Horses to Aggressive Churchwardens: Social and Legal Aspects of Moral Injury in Lower Canada
- 10. "Possession of arms among these men ... might lead to serious consequences": Regulating Firearms in the Canadas, 1760-1867
- 11. Grand Juries and "Proper Authorities": Low Law, Soft Law, and Local Governance in Canada West / Ontario, 1850-1880
- Contributors
- Index
- Backmatter.