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Magistrates, police, and people : everyday criminal justice in Quebec and Lower Canada, 1764-1837 /
"Based on extensive research in judicial and official sources, Donald Fyson offers the first comprehensive study of the everyday workings of criminal justice in Quebec and Lower Canada. Focusing on the justices of the peace and their police, Fyson examines both the criminal justice system itsel...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Based on extensive research in judicial and official sources, Donald Fyson offers the first comprehensive study of the everyday workings of criminal justice in Quebec and Lower Canada. Focusing on the justices of the peace and their police, Fyson examines both the criminal justice system itself, and the system in operation as experienced by those who participated in it. Fyson contends that, although the system was fundamentally biased, its flexibility provided a source of power for ordinary citizens. At the same time, the system offered the colonial state and its elites a powerful, though often faulty, means of imposing their will on Quebec society. This study will challenge many received historical interpretations, providing new insight into criminal justice in early Quebec."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 467 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-454) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1487595638 9781487595630 9781487597344 1487597347 |