Hunger, horses, and government men [[electronic resource] ] : criminal law on the Aboriginal plains, 1870-1905 / / Shelley A. M. Gavigan

• Autore: Gavigan Shelley A. M
• Pubblicazione: Vancouver, : published by UBC Press, : for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Disciplina: 345
• Soggetto topico: Indians of North America - Criminal justice system - Saskatchewan - History; Criminal law - Saskatchewan - History; Criminal courts - Saskatchewan - History; Criminal justice, Administration of - Saskatchewan - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Legally Framing the Plains and the First Nations ""; ""2 “Of Course No One Saw Themâ€?""; ""3 “Prisoner Never Gave Me Anything for What He Doneâ€?""; ""4 “Make a Better Indian of Himâ€?""; ""5 Six Women, Six Stories""; ""Conclusion""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""
• Sommario/riassunto: Scholars often accept without question that the Indian Act (1876) criminalized First Nations. In this illuminating book, Shelley Gavigan argues that the notion of criminalization captures neither the complexities of Aboriginal participation in the criminal courts nor the significance of the Indian Act as a form of law. Gavigan draws on court files, police and penitentiary records, and newspaper accounts and insights from critical criminology to interrogate state formation and criminal law in the Saskatchewan region of the North-West Territories between 1870 and 1905. By focusing on Aboriginal people's participation in the courts rather than on narrow categories such as "the state" and "the accused," Gavigan allows Aboriginal defendants, witnesses, and informants to emerge in vivid detail and tell the story in their own terms. Their experiences stand as evidence that the criminal law and the Indian Act operated in complex and contradictory ways that included both the mediation and the enforcement of relations of inequality.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hunger, horses, and government men
• ISBN: 0-7748-2254-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785909103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Law and Society Series