The rule of the admirals : law, custom and naval government in Newfoundland, 1699-1832 /

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"The Rule of the Admirals sheds light on one of the most misunderstood chapters in Canadian and British colonial history. Drawing on extensive archival research as well as a broad range of secondary sources, Bannister provides a groundbreaking reinterpretation of a critical period in Newfoundla...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bannister, Jerry, 1968-
Corporate Author: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ont. : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, ©2003.
Series:Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
Subjects:
Law > Newfoundland and Labrador > History.
Naval law > Newfoundland and Labrador > History.
Justice, Administration of > Newfoundland and Labrador > History.
Justice > Administration > Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador > Histoire.
Marines de guerre > Droit > Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador > Histoire.
Droit > Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador > Histoire.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
HISTORY > Canada > Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
Justice, Administration of
Law
Naval law
Politics and government
Newfoundland and Labrador > Politics and government.
Canada > History, Naval.
Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador > Politique et gouvernement > Jusqu'à 1763.
Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador > Politique et gouvernement > 1763-1855.
Canada > Histoire navale.
Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador
Electronic books.
History
Naval history
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The fishing admirals system
  • An unruly set of people: the struggle for judicial authority
  • The establishment of naval government
  • A fief of the admiralty: Newfoundland under naval rule
  • Using mercy and terror: the patterns of criminal justice
  • Enforcing the social order: punishment in a fishing society
  • The fall of naval government
  • Conclusion.

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