Canadian State Trials, Volume IV : Security, Dissent, and the Limits of Toleration in War and Peace, 1914-1939 / Barry Wright, Eric Tucker, Susan Binnie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Binnie, Susan W. S. (Susan Wendy Strickland), 1941- editor.

Tucker, Eric, editor.

Wright, Barry, editor.

Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.

Series:

Canadian State Trials

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trials (Political crimes and offenses)--Canada.

Trials (Political crimes and offenses).

Political crimes and offenses--Canada--History.

Political crimes and offenses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (540 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The fourth volume in the Canadian State Trials series examines the legal issues surrounding perceived security threats and the repression of dissent from the outset of World War One through the Great Depression. War prompted the development of new government powers and raised questions about citizenship and Canadian identity, while the ensuing interwar years brought serious economic challenges and unprecedented tensions between labour and capital. The chapters in this edited collection, written by leading scholars in numerous fields, examine the treatment of enemy aliens, conscription and courts martial, sedition prosecutions during the war and after the Winnipeg General Strike, and the application of Criminal Code and Immigration Act laws to Communist Party leaders, On to Ottawa Trekkers, and minority groups. These historical events shed light on contemporary dilemmas: What are the limits of dissent in war, emergencies, and economic crisis? What limits should be placed on government responses to real and perceived challenges to its authority?

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Introduction: War Measures and the Repression of Radicalism

1. "They Will Be Dangerous" / Kordan, Bohdan S.

2. Enemy Aliens in the First World War / McDermott, Peter

3. Erroneous and Detestable / Swainger, Jonathan

4. Conscription and the Courts / McMahon, Patricia I.

5. Court-Martial at Vladivostok / Isitt, Benjamin

6. "Daniel de Leon Drew up the Diagram" / Kramer, Reinhold / Mitchell, Tom

7. The Devil's Drum / Frank, David

8. Red Scares and Repression in Quebec, 1919-39 / Lévesque, Andrée

9. Section 98 / Molinaro, Dennis G.

10. The Canadian State, Ethnicity, and Religious Non-Conformism / McLaren, John

11. Wiping out the Stain / Waiser, Bill

Appendices

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jul 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-2598-8

1-4426-2597-X

OCLC:

939262087