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Law, Debt, and Merchant Power : The Civil Courts of Eighteenth-Century Halifax /

In the early history of Halifax (1749-1766), debt litigation was extremely common. In Law, Debt, and Merchant Power, James Muir offers an extensive analysis of the civil cases of the time as well as the reasons behind their frequency.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Muir, James, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Halifax, a community of litigants
  • Chapter 3: Initiating Actions
  • Chapter 4: Avoiding Trial
  • Chapter 5: Going to Trial Chapter 6: Ending the Action
  • Chapter 7: Appeals and Other Courts
  • Chapter 8: Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Sources and Methods
  • Appendix 2: Interpreting Occupational and Status Data.