Making Law, Order, and Authority in British Columbia, 1821–1871 /

Making Law, Order, and Authority in British Columbia, 1821–1871 / / Tina Loo.

In 1821, British Columbia was the exclusive domain of an independent Native population and the Hudson's Bay Company. By te time it entered Confederation some fifty years later, a British colonial government was firmly in place. In this book Tina Loo recounts the shaping of the new regime.The hi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Loo, Tina,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1994
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figure
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. 'Club Law' and Order in British Columbia's Fur Trade
  • 2. 'A Squatocracy of Skin Traders': Law and Authority on Vancouver Island
  • 3. Property, Geography, and British Columbia's Courts
  • 4. 'A California Phase': Civil Litigation, Economy, and Society in British Columbia
  • 5. Cranford v. Wright: Law and Authority in British Columbia
  • 6. The Meaning of Law and the Limits of Authority on Grouse Creek
  • 7. Bute Inlet Stories: Crime, Law, and Colonial Identity
  • CONCLUSION
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Photo Credits

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