LEADER 04411nam 2200757 450 001 9910456532003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-99226-7 010 $a9786611992262 010 $a1-4426-8228-0 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442682283 035 $a(CKB)2430000000001916 035 $a(EBL)3255072 035 $a(OCoLC)923070024 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000308729 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11239674 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308729 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10258290 035 $a(PQKB)11410135 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00601009 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255072 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672154 035 $a(DE-B1597)479108 035 $a(OCoLC)987949504 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442682283 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672154 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257834 035 $a(OCoLC)958562728 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000001916 100 $a20160914h20032003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe rule of the admirals $elaw, custom, and naval government in Newfoundland, 1699-1832 /$fJerry Bannister 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2003. 210 4$dİ2003 215 $a1 online resource (452 p.) 225 1 $aOsgoode Society for Canadian Legal History 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-8613-6 311 $a0-8020-8843-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tTables, Illustrations, and Appendices -- $tForeword -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1 Introduction -- $t2 The Fishing Admirals System -- $t3 An Unruly Set of People: The Struggle for Judicial Authority -- $t4 The Establishment of Naval Government -- $t5 A Fief of the Admiralty: Newfoundland under Naval Rule -- $t6 Using Mercy and Terror: The Patterns of Criminal Justice -- $t7 Enforcing the Social Order: Punishment in a Fishing Society -- $t8 The Fall of Naval Government -- $t9 Conclusion -- $tNotes on Primary Sources -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography of Primary Sources -- $tIndex 330 $aJerry Bannister's The Rule of the Admirals examines governance in Newfoundland from the rule of the fishing admirals in 1699 to the establishment of representative government in 1832. It offers the first in-depth account of the rise and fall of the system of naval government that dominated the island for more than a century.In this provocative look at legal culture in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Newfoundland, Bannister explores three topics in detail: naval government in St. John's, surrogate courts in the outports, and patterns in the administration of law. He challenges the conventional view that early Newfoundland was a lawless frontier isolated from the rest of the Atlantic world, and argues that an effective system of naval government emerged to meet the needs of those in power.An original and perceptive work, Bannister's argument demands that we reconsider much of our knowledge of early Newfoundland history. As he re-examines governance prior to an elected assembly and places his analysis firmly within the material conditions of Newfoundland society, Bannister provides a groundbreaking reinterpretation of a critical period in the island's colonial development. Ultimately, The Rule of the Admirals sheds light on one of the most misunderstood chapters in Canadian and British colonial history. 410 0$aOsgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series. 606 $aLaw$zNewfoundland and Labrador$xHistory 606 $aNaval law$zNewfoundland and Labrador$xHistory 606 $aJustice, Administration of$zNewfoundland and Labrador$xHistory 607 $aNewfoundland and Labrador$xPolitics and government 607 $aCanada$xHistory, Naval 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLaw$xHistory. 615 0$aNaval law$xHistory. 615 0$aJustice, Administration of$xHistory. 676 $a347.718 700 $aBannister$b Jerry$f1968-$0623645 712 02$aOsgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456532003321 996 $aThe rule of the admirals$92451829 997 $aUNINA