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Petty justice : low law and the sessions system in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, 1785-1867 / Paul Craven.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Craven, Paul, 1950- author.
- Series:
- Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History (Series)
- Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Justice, Administration of--New Brunswick--Charlotte--History.
- Justice, Administration of.
- Charlotte (N.B.)--History.
- Charlotte (N.B.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (562 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-2178-8
- 1-4426-2177-X
- OCLC:
- 898086013
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