A Trying Question : The Jury in Nineteenth-Century Canada /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, R. Blake
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, 2009
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Jury.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
HISTORY > Canada > Post-Confederation (1867- )
Jury > Canda > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Jury > Canada > History > 19th century.
Canada.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Storms, roads, and harvest time : the jury system and attitudes toward jury service in Nova Scotia
  • The jury system and attitudes toward jury service in Upper Canada
  • "The bean box" : reformers and the politicization of the jury system in Nova Scotia
  • Reformers, rebellion, and the jury system of Upper Canada
  • Responsible government, the magistrates' affair, and the breakdown of the Nova Scotia jury system
  • Responsible government and the 1850 Upper Canada Jury Act
  • "We have now no fears of star chamber justice" : the decline of the jury in Nova Scotia
  • "The day has gone by for the worshop of legal idols" : the decline of the jury in Ontario
  • Conclusion.

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