Essays in the History of Canadian Law : the Legal History of British Columbia and the Yukon.

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These essays look at key social, economic, and political issues of the times and show how they influenced the developing legal system.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foster, Hamar
Otros Autores: McLaren, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1995.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Essays in the History of Canadian Law.
Temas:
Law > Canada > History and criticism.
Droit > Canada > Histoire et critique.
Law
Canada
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1 Hard Choices and Sharp Edges: The Legal History of British Columbia and the Yukon
  • PART I: ABORIGINAL PEOPLE AND THE LAW
  • 2 Letting Go the Bone: The Idea of Indian Title in British Columbia, 1849-1927
  • 3 'Where Is the Justice, Mr Mills?': A Case Study of R. v. Nantuck
  • 4 Tonto's Due: Law, Culture, and Colonization in British Columbia
  • PART II: VICE, CRIME, AND POLICING
  • 5 Swift Justice and the Decline of the Criminal Trial Jury: The Dynamics of Law and Authority in Victoria, BC, 1858-1905
  • 6 A Distant Edge of Authority: Capital Punishment and the Prerogative of Mercy in British Columbia, 1872-1880
  • 7 Vancouver Vice: The Police and the Negotiation of Morality, 1904-1935
  • 8 The Making of Criminal Insanity in British Columbia: Granby Farrant and the Provincial Mental Home, Colquitz, 1919-1933
  • PART III: RELIGION AND EDUCATION
  • 9 Judgments of Solomon: Law, Doctrine, and the Cridge Controversy of 1872-1874
  • 10 Creating 'Slaves of Satan' or 'New Canadians'?: The Law, Education, and the Socialization of Doukhobor Children, 1911-1935
  • PART IV: LABOUR AND SOCIAL WELFARE
  • 11 After Union Colliery: Law, Race, and Class in the Coalmines of British Columbia
  • 12 For God, Country, and the Public Purse: 'Liberal' Politics and the Campaign for Family Courts in British Columbia, 1939-1945
  • PART V: THE LEGAL PROFESSION
  • 13 Fighting Spirits: The Yukon Legal Profession, 1898-1912
  • 14 Exclusionary Tactics: The History of Women and Visible Minorities in the Legal Profession in British Columbia
  • Index
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