The grand experiment [[electronic resource] ] : law and legal culture in British settler societies / / edited by Hamar Foster, Benjamin L. Berger, and A.R. Buck |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Vancouver, : Published by the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by UBC Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (415 p.) |
Disciplina | 349.41 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FosterHamar <1948->
BuckA. R BergerBenjamin L. <1977-> |
Collana | Law and society |
Soggetto topico |
Law - Great Britain - Colonies - History
Law - Great Britain - History Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-45701-2
9786612457012 0-7748-1493-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Does Law Matter? The New Colonial Legal History; PART 1: AUTHORITY AT THE BOUNDARIES OF EMPIRE; 1 Libel and the Colonial Administration of Justice in Upper Canada and New South Wales, c. 1825-30; 2 The Limits of Despotic Government at Sea; 3 One Chief, Two Chiefs, Red Chiefs, Blue Chiefs: Newcomer Perspectives on Indigenous Leadership in Rupert's Land and the North-West Territories; 4 Rhetoric, Reason, and the Rule of Law in Early Colonial New South Wales
5 Sometimes Persuasive Authority: Dominion Case Law and English Judges, 1895-1970 PART 2: COURTS AND JUDGES IN THE COLONIES; 6 Courts, Communities, and Communication: The Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Circuit, 1816-50; 7 Fame and Infamy: Two Men of the Law in Colonial New Zealand; 8 Moving in an "Eccentric Orbit": The Independence of Judge Algernon Sidney Montagu in Van Diemen's Land, 1833-47; 9 "Not in Keeping with the Traditions of the Cariboo Courts": Courts and Community Identity in Northeastern British Columbia, 1920-50; PART 3: PROPERTY, POLITICS, AND PETITIONS IN COLONIAL LAW 10 Starkie's Adventures in North America: The Emergence of Libel Law 11 The Law of Dower in New South Wales and the United States: A Study in Comparative Legal History; 12 Contesting Prohibition and the Constitution in 1850's New Brunswick; 13 From Humble Prayers to Legal Demands: The Cowichan Petition of 1909 and the British Columbia Indian Land Question; Afterword: Looking from the Past into the Future; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456316303321 |
Vancouver, : Published by the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by UBC Press, c2008 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The grand experiment [[electronic resource] ] : law and legal culture in British settler societies / / edited by Hamar Foster, Benjamin L. Berger, and A.R. Buck |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Vancouver, : Published by the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by UBC Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (415 p.) |
Disciplina | 349.41 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FosterHamar <1948->
BuckA. R BergerBenjamin L. <1977-> |
Collana | Law and society |
Soggetto topico |
Law - Great Britain - Colonies - History
Law - Great Britain - History Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada - History |
ISBN |
1-282-45701-2
9786612457012 0-7748-1493-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Does Law Matter? The New Colonial Legal History; PART 1: AUTHORITY AT THE BOUNDARIES OF EMPIRE; 1 Libel and the Colonial Administration of Justice in Upper Canada and New South Wales, c. 1825-30; 2 The Limits of Despotic Government at Sea; 3 One Chief, Two Chiefs, Red Chiefs, Blue Chiefs: Newcomer Perspectives on Indigenous Leadership in Rupert's Land and the North-West Territories; 4 Rhetoric, Reason, and the Rule of Law in Early Colonial New South Wales
5 Sometimes Persuasive Authority: Dominion Case Law and English Judges, 1895-1970 PART 2: COURTS AND JUDGES IN THE COLONIES; 6 Courts, Communities, and Communication: The Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Circuit, 1816-50; 7 Fame and Infamy: Two Men of the Law in Colonial New Zealand; 8 Moving in an "Eccentric Orbit": The Independence of Judge Algernon Sidney Montagu in Van Diemen's Land, 1833-47; 9 "Not in Keeping with the Traditions of the Cariboo Courts": Courts and Community Identity in Northeastern British Columbia, 1920-50; PART 3: PROPERTY, POLITICS, AND PETITIONS IN COLONIAL LAW 10 Starkie's Adventures in North America: The Emergence of Libel Law 11 The Law of Dower in New South Wales and the United States: A Study in Comparative Legal History; 12 Contesting Prohibition and the Constitution in 1850's New Brunswick; 13 From Humble Prayers to Legal Demands: The Cowichan Petition of 1909 and the British Columbia Indian Land Question; Afterword: Looking from the Past into the Future; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780858503321 |
Vancouver, : Published by the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by UBC Press, c2008 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The grand experiment [[electronic resource] ] : law and legal culture in British settler societies / / edited by Hamar Foster, Benjamin L. Berger, and A.R. Buck |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Vancouver, : Published by the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by UBC Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (415 p.) |
Disciplina | 349.41 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FosterHamar <1948->
BuckA. R BergerBenjamin L. <1977-> |
Collana | Law and society |
Soggetto topico |
Law - Great Britain - Colonies - History
Law - Great Britain - History Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada - History |
ISBN |
1-282-45701-2
9786612457012 0-7748-1493-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Does Law Matter? The New Colonial Legal History; PART 1: AUTHORITY AT THE BOUNDARIES OF EMPIRE; 1 Libel and the Colonial Administration of Justice in Upper Canada and New South Wales, c. 1825-30; 2 The Limits of Despotic Government at Sea; 3 One Chief, Two Chiefs, Red Chiefs, Blue Chiefs: Newcomer Perspectives on Indigenous Leadership in Rupert's Land and the North-West Territories; 4 Rhetoric, Reason, and the Rule of Law in Early Colonial New South Wales
5 Sometimes Persuasive Authority: Dominion Case Law and English Judges, 1895-1970 PART 2: COURTS AND JUDGES IN THE COLONIES; 6 Courts, Communities, and Communication: The Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Circuit, 1816-50; 7 Fame and Infamy: Two Men of the Law in Colonial New Zealand; 8 Moving in an "Eccentric Orbit": The Independence of Judge Algernon Sidney Montagu in Van Diemen's Land, 1833-47; 9 "Not in Keeping with the Traditions of the Cariboo Courts": Courts and Community Identity in Northeastern British Columbia, 1920-50; PART 3: PROPERTY, POLITICS, AND PETITIONS IN COLONIAL LAW 10 Starkie's Adventures in North America: The Emergence of Libel Law 11 The Law of Dower in New South Wales and the United States: A Study in Comparative Legal History; 12 Contesting Prohibition and the Constitution in 1850's New Brunswick; 13 From Humble Prayers to Legal Demands: The Cowichan Petition of 1909 and the British Columbia Indian Land Question; Afterword: Looking from the Past into the Future; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812596803321 |
Vancouver, : Published by the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by UBC Press, c2008 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Native liberty, crown sovereignty : the existing Aboriginal right of self-government in Canada / / Bruce Clark |
Autore | Clark Bruce A. <1944-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal ; ; Buffalo, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1990 |
Descrizione fisica | xxvi, 259 p. ; ; 24 cm |
Disciplina | 342.71/0872 |
Collana | McGill-Queen's series in native and northern studies |
Soggetto topico |
Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada - History
Indians of North America - Canada - Politics and government |
ISBN |
0-7735-6254-0
1-282-85169-1 9786612851698 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Table of Legislation -- Table of Cases -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Common Law of Self-Government -- The Prerogative Legislation -- Continuity -- Discontinuity: The Anti-Thesis -- Law Reform and the Negotiation Process -- Conclusion -- Constitutional Milestones -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996247961603316 |
Clark Bruce A. <1944->
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Montreal ; ; Buffalo, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1990 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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