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Colonial Justice : Justice, Morality, and Crime in the Niagara District, 1791-1849
This new study of early Canadian law delves into the court records of the Niagara District, one of the richest sets of records surviving from Upper Canada, to analyze the criminal justice system in the district during the first half of the 19th century.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
2002.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Introduction
- 1 The Paradise of Upper Canada
- Part One: Justice
- 2 Courts, District Rulers, and Crown Servants
- 3 Servants of the Court
- Part Two: Morality
- 4 Enforcing a Christian Moral Order
- 5 Intruders upon the Precincts of Crime
- 6 The Cold Hand of Charity
- Part Three: Crime
- 7 Crimes and Punishments
- 8 Criminal Victims
- 9 Criminal Boundaries
- 10 Hands Across the Border
- Conclusion
- NOTES
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y.