Essays in the history of Canadian law . Volume 5, : Crime and criminal justice / / edited by Jim Phillips, Tina Loo and Susan Lewthwaite

• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1994; ©1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (603 p.)
• Disciplina: 340.0971
• Soggetto topico: Law - Canada - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): PhillipsJim; LooTina; LewthwaiteSusan
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword for reprint -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Native Sovereignty and French Justice in Early Canada -- 3. ‘The Queen’s Law is Better Than Yours’: International Homicide in Early British Columbia -- 4. The Road from Bute Inlet: Crime and Colonial Identity in British Columbia -- 5. Violence, Marriage, and Family Honour: Aspects of the Legal Regulation of Marriage in New France -- 6. Women, Crime, and Criminal Justice in Early Halifax, 1750–1800 -- 7. Patriarchy Modified: The Criminal Prosecution of Rape in York County, Ontario, 1880–1930 -- 8. Prosecution of Abortions under Canadian Law, 1900–1950 -- 9. Between The Old Order and Modern Times: Poverty, Criminality, and Power in Quebec, 1791–1840 -- 10. Rebel as Magistrate: William Lyon Mackenzie and His Enemies -- 11. Violence, Law, and Community in Rural Upper Canada -- 12. Crime and Punishment in Middlesex County, Ontario, 1871–1920 -- 13. Prison as Factory, Convict as Worker: A Study of the Mid-Victorian St John Penitentiary, 1841–1880 -- 14. Prisoners for Profit: Convict Labour in the Ontario Central Prison, 1874-1915 -- 15. ‘To Govern by Kindness’: The First Two Decades of the Mercer Reformatory for Women -- Index -- Publications of the Osgoode Society
• Sommario/riassunto: This fifth volume in the distinguished series on the history of Canadian law turns to the important issues of crime and criminal justice. In examining crime and criminal law specifically, the volume contributes to the long-standing concern of Canadian historians with law, order, and authority.The volume covers criminal justice history at various times in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes. It is a study which opens up greater vistas of understanding to all those interested in the interstices of law, crime, and punishment.
• Titolo autorizzato: Essays in the history of Canadian law
• ISBN: 1-4426-2785-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459743103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.