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Petty justice : low law and the sessions system in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, 1785-1867 /

Petty Justice examines the role of justices of the peace and other front-line low law officials like customs officers and deputy land surveyors in colonial local government.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Craven, Paul, 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, 2014.
Colección:Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction : High Law, Low Law, No Law
  • I. Petty Justices. 2. The Trials of David Owen
  • 3. High Noon at Campobello
  • 4. The Empire Strikes Back.
  • II. Doing Substantial Justice. 5. In the Woods
  • 6. "Unconnected with Mercantile Pursuits"
  • 7. Hatheway's Civil Docket 1847-67
  • 8. Hatheway's Crown Docket, 1847-67.
  • III. The Sessions System and Its Enemies. 9. Called to Account
  • 10. Three Ships
  • 11. The Temperance Magistrates
  • 12. The Sessions System in Decline.
  • Appendices. A Reference Tables
  • B Commission of the Peace, 1845
  • C Sources cited.