Petty justice : low law and the sessions system in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, 1785-1867 /
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| Author / Creator: | Craven, Paul, 1950- author. |
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| Imprint: | Toronto : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, ©2014. |
| Description: | xiv, 542 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10103253 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: High law, low law, not law
- Part I. Petty justices
- 2. The trials of David Owen, 1787-1803
- 3. High noon at Campobello: St Andrews and the islands in the 1820s
- 4. The empire strikes back: Executive action, 1824-32
- Part II. Doing substantial justice
- 5. In the woods: Low law and the Crown Land Office
- 6. 'Unconnected with mercantile pursuits': The justice business, 1840-1
- 7. Hatheway's civil docket, 1847-67
- 8. Hatheway's crown docket, 1847-67
- Part III. The sessions system and its enemies
- 9. Called to account: Justices, assemblymen, and ratepayers
- 10. Three ships: Poverty, paternalism, and politics at mid-century
- 11. The temperance magistrates: License and prohibition
- 12. The sessions system in decline
- Appendices
- A. Reference tables
- A.1. Selected powers of New Brunswick JPs, 1786-1832
- A.2. Charlotte JPs by area of residence, 1784-1857
- A.3. Charlotte MHAs, 1786-1862
- A.4. St Andrews poor commissioners, 1832-50
- A.5. Local and private acts for Charlotte
- B. Commission of the Peace, 1845
- C. Sources cited
- C.1. Archives
- C.2. Newspapers
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Topical Index
