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The rule of the admirals : law, custom, and naval government in Newfoundland, 1699-1832 / Jerry Bannister.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bannister, Jerry, 1968- author.
- Series:
- Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.
- Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--Newfoundland and Labrador--History.
- Law.
- Naval law--Newfoundland and Labrador--History.
- Naval law.
- Justice, Administration of--Newfoundland and Labrador--History.
- Justice, Administration of.
- Newfoundland and Labrador--Politics and government.
- Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Canada--History, Naval.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Naval history.
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (452 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "The Rule of the Admirals sheds light on one of the most misunderstood chapters in Canadian and British colonial history. Drawing on extensive archival research as well as a broad range of secondary sources, Bannister provides a groundbreaking reinterpretation of a critical period in Newfoundland's colonial development."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The fishing admirals system
- An unruly set of people: the struggle for judicial authority
- The establishment of naval government
- A fief of the admiralty: Newfoundland under naval rule
- Using mercy and terror: the patterns of criminal justice
- Enforcing the social order: punishment in a fishing society
- The fall of naval government
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786611992262
- 9781281992260
- 1281992267
- 9781442682283
- 1442682280
- OCLC:
- 923070024
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