Petty justice : low law and the sessions system in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, 1785-1867 / / Paul Craven
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| Autore: |
Craven Paul <1950->
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| Titolo: |
Petty justice : low law and the sessions system in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, 1785-1867 / / Paul Craven
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| Pubblicazione: | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (562 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 347.715/33 |
| Soggetto topico: | Justice, Administration of - New Brunswick - Charlotte - History |
| Soggetto geografico: | Charlotte (N.B.) History |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 1. Introduction : High Law, Low Law, No Law -- I. Petty Justices. 2. The Trials of David Owen -- 3. High Noon at Campobello -- 4. The Empire Strikes Back. |
| II. Doing Substantial Justice. 5. In the Woods -- 6. "Unconnected with Mercantile Pursuits" -- 7. Hatheway's Civil Docket 1847-67 -- 8. Hatheway's Crown Docket, 1847-67. | |
| III. The Sessions System and Its Enemies. 9. Called to Account -- 10. Three Ships -- 11. The Temperance Magistrates -- 12. The Sessions System in Decline. | |
| Appendices. A Reference Tables -- B Commission of the Peace, 1845 -- C Sources cited. | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Petty Justice examines the role of justices of the peace and other front-line low law officials like customs officers and deputy land surveyors in colonial local government. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Petty justice |
| ISBN: | 1-4426-2178-8 |
| 1-4426-2177-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787002603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History (Series)