04072nam 22007574a 450 991045631630332120200520144314.01-282-45701-297866124570120-7748-1493-4(CKB)2520000000007473(EBL)3265425(SSID)ssj0000437285(PQKBManifestationID)11287052(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000437285(PQKBWorkID)10432219(PQKB)10773094(SSID)ssj0000643793(PQKBManifestationID)12312269(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000643793(PQKBWorkID)10669226(PQKB)11433788(MiAaPQ)EBC3412627(MiAaPQ)EBC3265425(Au-PeEL)EBL3412627(CaPaEBR)ebr10348945(CaONFJC)MIL245701(OCoLC)923446767(EXLCZ)99252000000000747320090129d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe grand experiment[electronic resource] law and legal culture in British settler societies /edited by Hamar Foster, Benjamin L. Berger, and A.R. BuckVancouver Published by the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by UBC Pressc20081 online resource (415 p.)Law and society,1496-4953Description based upon print version of record.0-7748-1492-6 0-7748-1491-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [352]-376) and index.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 Wales5 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 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 LAW10 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;Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)LawGreat BritainColoniesHistoryLawGreat BritainHistoryIndians of North AmericaLegal status, laws, etcCanadaHistoryElectronic books.LawColoniesHistory.LawHistory.Indians of North AmericaLegal status, laws, etc.History.349.41Foster Hamar1948-857019Buck A. R857020Berger Benjamin L.1977-857021Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456316303321The grand experiment1913819UNINA