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Autore |
Craven Paul <1950-> |
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Titolo |
Petty justice : low law and the sessions system in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, 1785-1867 / / Paul Craven |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-2178-8 |
1-4426-2177-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (562 pages) |
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Collana |
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Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Justice, Administration of - New Brunswick - Charlotte - History |
Charlotte (N.B.) History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction : High Law, Low Law, No Law -- I. Petty Justices. 2. The Trials of David Owen -- 3. High Noon at Campobello -- 4. The Empire Strikes Back. |
II. Doing Substantial Justice. 5. In the Woods -- 6. "Unconnected with Mercantile Pursuits" -- 7. Hatheway's Civil Docket 1847-67 -- 8. Hatheway's Crown Docket, 1847-67. |
III. The Sessions System and Its Enemies. 9. Called to Account -- 10. Three Ships -- 11. The Temperance Magistrates -- 12. The Sessions System in Decline. |
Appendices. A Reference Tables -- B Commission of the Peace, 1845 -- C Sources cited. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Petty Justice examines the role of justices of the peace and other front-line low law officials like customs officers and deputy land surveyors in colonial local government. |
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