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Titolo |
The grand experiment [[electronic resource] ] : law and legal culture in British settler societies / / edited by Hamar Foster, Benjamin L. Berger, and A.R. Buck |
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Vancouver, : Published by the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by UBC Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-45701-2 |
9786612457012 |
0-7748-1493-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (415 p.) |
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Collana |
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Law and society, , 1496-4953 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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FosterHamar <1948-> |
BuckA. R |
BergerBenjamin L. <1977-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Law - Great Britain - Colonies - History |
Law - Great Britain - History |
Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [352]-376) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Does Law Matter? The New Colonial Legal History; PART 1: AUTHORITY AT THE BOUNDARIES OF EMPIRE; 1 Libel and the Colonial Administration of Justice in Upper Canada and New South Wales, c. 1825-30; 2 The Limits of Despotic Government at Sea; 3 One Chief, Two Chiefs, Red Chiefs, Blue Chiefs: Newcomer Perspectives on Indigenous Leadership in Rupert's Land and the North-West Territories; 4 Rhetoric, Reason, and the Rule of Law in Early Colonial New South Wales |
5 Sometimes Persuasive Authority: Dominion Case Law and English Judges, 1895-1970 PART 2: COURTS AND JUDGES IN THE COLONIES; 6 Courts, Communities, and Communication: The Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Circuit, 1816-50; 7 Fame and Infamy: Two Men of the Law in Colonial New Zealand; 8 Moving in an "Eccentric Orbit": The |
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Independence of Judge Algernon Sidney Montagu in Van Diemen's Land, 1833-47; 9 "Not in Keeping with the Traditions of the Cariboo Courts": Courts and Community Identity in Northeastern British Columbia, 1920-50; PART 3: PROPERTY, POLITICS, AND PETITIONS IN COLONIAL LAW |
10 Starkie's Adventures in North America: The Emergence of Libel Law 11 The Law of Dower in New South Wales and the United States: A Study in Comparative Legal History; 12 Contesting Prohibition and the Constitution in 1850's New Brunswick; 13 From Humble Prayers to Legal Demands: The Cowichan Petition of 1909 and the British Columbia Indian Land Question; Afterword: Looking from the Past into the Future; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index; |
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