Laws and societies in the Canadian prairie west, 1670-1940 / edited by Lou Knafla and Jonathan Swainger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knafla, Louis A., 1935-

Swainger, Jonathan, 1962-

Series:

Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)

Law and society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Social aspects--Prairie Provinces--History.

Law.

Sociological jurisprudence--History.

Sociological jurisprudence.

Law--Prairie Provinces--History.

Prairie Provinces--History.

Prairie Provinces.

Northwest, Canadian--History.

Northwest, Canadian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Laws and Societies in the Canadian Prairie West, 1670-1940 examines the legal history of the north-west frontier, from the earliest years of European-Native contact in the seventeenth century to the mid-1900s. Challenging myths about a peaceful west and prairie exceptionalism, the book explores the substance of prairie legal history and the degree to which the region's mentality is rooted in the historical experience of distinctive prairie peoples. The chapters, written by a cross-section of established and emerging scholars working in the allied fields of law, legal history, sociology, and criminology, focus on what is distinctive in prairie legal culture. By approaching the issue from a variety of perspectives � those of colonial administrators, fur company employees, Native peoples, women, men, entrepreneurs, judges, magistrates, and the police, among others � the authors find evidence of a conscious effort to apply broad, non-regional experiences to seemingly familiar, local issues. The ways in which prairie peoples perceived themselves and their relationships to a wider world were directly framed by notions of law and legal remedy shaped by the course and themes of prairie history. Legal history is not just about black letter law. It is also deeply concerned with the ways in which people affect and are affected by the law in their daily lives. By examining how central and important the law has been to individuals, communities, and societies in the Canadian Prairies, this book makes an original contribution.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Introduction: Laws and Societies in the Anglo-Canadian North-West Frontier and Prairie Provinces, 1670-1940

First Nations and First Peoples

Law and Necessity in Western Rupert's Land and Beyond, 1670-1870

"There Seemed to Be No Recognized Law": Canadian Law and the Prairie First Nations

The Exclusionary Effect of Colonial Law: Indigenous Peoples and English Law in Western Canada, 1670-1870

Discipline and Discretion in the Mid-Eighteenth-Century Hudson's Bay Company Private Justice System

Adaptations to Modernity

Policing Two Imperial Frontiers: The Royal Irish Constabulary and the North-West Mounted Police

The Common Law and Justices of the Supreme Court of the North-West Territories: The First Generation, 1887-1907

The Implications of a Provincial Police Force in Alberta and Saskatchewan

The Development of Prairie Canada's Water Law, 1870-1940

Monopolies and State Regulation: The Calgary Power Company, Utilities, and the Alberta Public Utilities Board, 1910-30

The Law and Public Nudity: Prairie and West Coast Reactions to the Sons of Freedom, 1929-32

Acknowledgments

Contributors

General Index

Index of Cases

Index of Ordinances, Proclamations, and Statutes

Law and Society

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612740923

9781282740921

128274092X

9780774854207

0774854200

OCLC:

923443234