Essays in the history of canadian law . Volume 9 : two islands, newfoundland and Prince Edward island / / edited by Christopher English

• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2005; ©2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (438 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.085092
• Soggetto topico: Law - Canada - History; Law - Newfoundland and Labrador - History; Law - Prince Edward Island - History; LAW / Legal History
• Persona (resp. second.): EnglishChristopher
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part One: Historiography -- 1 The Legal Historiography of Newfoundland -- 2 The Legal Historiography of Prince Edward Island -- Part Two: The Administration of Justice -- 3 Politics and the Administration of Justice on Early Prince Edward Island, 1769-1805 -- 4 Surgeons and Criminal Justice in Eighteenth-Century Newfoundland -- 5 The Supreme Court on Circuit: Northern District, Newfoundland, 1826-33 -- Part Three: Property Law and Inheritance -- 6 Formal and Informal Law in Two New Lands: Land Law in Newfoundland and New South Wales under Francis Forbes -- 7 Defining Property for Inheritance: The Chattels Real Act of 1834 -- 8 'The Duty of Every Man': Intestacy Law and Family-Inheritance Practice in Prince Edward Island, 1828-1905 -- Part Four: Legal Status and Access to the Courts by Women -- 9 'Now You Vagabond [W]hore I Have You': Plebeian Women, Assault Cases, and Gender Relationships on the Southern Avalon, 1750-1860 -- 10 Women in the Courts of Placentia District, 1757-1823 -- 11 'Out of Date in a Good Many Respects': The Legal Status and Judicial Treatment of Newfoundland Women, 1945-9 -- Part Five: Litigation in Chancery and at Common Law -- 12 Bowley v. Cambridge: A Colonial Jarndyce and Jarndyce -- 13 The Judges Go to Court: The Cashin Libel Trial of 1947 -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume, which includes a number of essays examining women's legal status and access to the courts, is a comprehensive and fascinating examination of legal history in two Canadian provinces.
• Titolo autorizzato: Essays in the history of Canadian law
• ISBN: 1-4426-5816-9; 1-4426-5699-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787232203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.