Magistrates, Police, and People : : Everyday Criminal Justice in Quebec and Lower Canada, 1764-1837 /

Magistrates, Police, and People : : Everyday Criminal Justice in Quebec and Lower Canada, 1764-1837 / / Donald Fyson.

The role and function of criminal justice in a conquered colony is always problematic, and the case of Quebec is no exception. Many historians have suggested that, between the Conquest and the Rebellions (1760s-1830s), Quebec's 'Canadien' inhabitants both boycotted and were excluded f...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Fyson, Donald,
MitwirkendeR:
McMurtry, R. Roy,
Phillips, Jim,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©2006
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
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Physical Description:1 online resource (490 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Foreword. The Osgoode Society For Canadian Legal History
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. English Justice in a Foreign Land
  • 2. Making Justices
  • 3. The Character of the Magistracy
  • 4. The Police before the Police
  • 5. The Relevance of Criminal Justice
  • 6. Experiencing the Everyday Course of Criminal Justice
  • 7. Criminal Justice and Social Power
  • 8. Criminal Justice and State Power
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index

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