The grand experiment : law and legal culture in British settler societies /
The grand experiment : law and legal culture in British settler societies /
edited by Hamar Foster, Benjamin L. Berger, and A.R. Buck.
- Vancouver : Published by the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by UBC Press, ©2008.
- 1 online resource (xi, 400 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
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- Law and society, 1496-4953 .
- Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.) .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-376) and index.
Does law matter? The new colonial legal history / Libel and the colonial administration of justice in Upper Canada and New South Wales, c. 1825-30 / The limits of despotic government at sea / One chief, two chiefs, red chiefs, blue chiefs: newcomer perspectives on indigenous leadership in Rupert's land and the North-West Territories / Rhetoric, reason, and the rule of law in early colonial New South Wales / Sometimes persuasive authority : Dominion case law and English judges, 1895-1970 / Courts, communities, and communication : the Nova Scotia Supreme Court on circuit, 1816-50 / Fame and infamy: two men of the law in colonial New Zealand / Moving in an "eccentric orbit" : the independence of Judge Algernon Sidney Montagu in Van Diemen's land 1833-47 / "Not in keeping with the traditions of the Cariboo Courts" : courts and community identity in Northeastern British Columbia, 1920-50 / Starkie's adventures in North America : the emergence of libel law / The law of dower in New South Wales and the United States : a study in comparative legal history / Contesting prohibition and the Constitution in 1850s New Brunswick / From humble prayers to legal demands : the Cowichan petition of 1909 and the British Columbia Indian land question / Looking from the past into the future / Benjamin L. Berger, Hamar Foster, and A.R. Buck -- Barry Wright -- Bruce Kercher -- Janna Promislow -- Ian Holloway, Simon Bronitt, and John Williams -- Jeremy Finn -- Jim Phillips and Philip Girard -- David V. Williams -- Stefan Petrow -- Jonatan Swainger -- Lyndsay M. Campbell -- A.R. Buck and Nancy E. Wright -- Greg Marquis -- Hamar Foster and Benjamin L. Berger -- John McLaren. Introduction: Afterword:
Annotation The essays in this volume reflect the exciting new directions in which legal history in the settler colonies of the British Empire has developed. The contributors show how local life and culture in selected settlements influenced, and was influenced by, the ideology of the rule of law that accompanied the British colonial project. Exploring themes of legal translation, local understandings, judicial biography, and?law at the boundaries,? they examine the legal cultures of dominions in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand to provide a contextual and comparative account of the?incomplete implementation of the British constitution? in these colonies.
English.
9780774814935 (electronic bk.) 0774814934 (electronic bk.) 1282457012 9781282457010 9786612457012 6612457015
2009368490
GBA8D5384 bnb
Uk
Kongress Harrison Hot Springs) (2005 :
Law--Colonies--History.--Great Britain
Law--History.--Great Britain
Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.--Canada
Droit--Colonies--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Droit--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Indiens d'Amérique--Droit--Histoire.--Canada
LAW--Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Law--British colonies.
Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.
Law.
Kolonialismus
Indigenes Volk
Recht
Richter.
Gericht.
Canada.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
Australien
Nordamerika
Electronic books.
Aufsatzsammlung.
History.
Electronic books.
KD5020 / .G73 2008eb
349.41
Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-376) and index.
Does law matter? The new colonial legal history / Libel and the colonial administration of justice in Upper Canada and New South Wales, c. 1825-30 / The limits of despotic government at sea / One chief, two chiefs, red chiefs, blue chiefs: newcomer perspectives on indigenous leadership in Rupert's land and the North-West Territories / Rhetoric, reason, and the rule of law in early colonial New South Wales / Sometimes persuasive authority : Dominion case law and English judges, 1895-1970 / Courts, communities, and communication : the Nova Scotia Supreme Court on circuit, 1816-50 / Fame and infamy: two men of the law in colonial New Zealand / Moving in an "eccentric orbit" : the independence of Judge Algernon Sidney Montagu in Van Diemen's land 1833-47 / "Not in keeping with the traditions of the Cariboo Courts" : courts and community identity in Northeastern British Columbia, 1920-50 / Starkie's adventures in North America : the emergence of libel law / The law of dower in New South Wales and the United States : a study in comparative legal history / Contesting prohibition and the Constitution in 1850s New Brunswick / From humble prayers to legal demands : the Cowichan petition of 1909 and the British Columbia Indian land question / Looking from the past into the future / Benjamin L. Berger, Hamar Foster, and A.R. Buck -- Barry Wright -- Bruce Kercher -- Janna Promislow -- Ian Holloway, Simon Bronitt, and John Williams -- Jeremy Finn -- Jim Phillips and Philip Girard -- David V. Williams -- Stefan Petrow -- Jonatan Swainger -- Lyndsay M. Campbell -- A.R. Buck and Nancy E. Wright -- Greg Marquis -- Hamar Foster and Benjamin L. Berger -- John McLaren. Introduction: Afterword:
Annotation The essays in this volume reflect the exciting new directions in which legal history in the settler colonies of the British Empire has developed. The contributors show how local life and culture in selected settlements influenced, and was influenced by, the ideology of the rule of law that accompanied the British colonial project. Exploring themes of legal translation, local understandings, judicial biography, and?law at the boundaries,? they examine the legal cultures of dominions in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand to provide a contextual and comparative account of the?incomplete implementation of the British constitution? in these colonies.
English.
9780774814935 (electronic bk.) 0774814934 (electronic bk.) 1282457012 9781282457010 9786612457012 6612457015
2009368490
GBA8D5384 bnb
Uk
Kongress Harrison Hot Springs) (2005 :
Law--Colonies--History.--Great Britain
Law--History.--Great Britain
Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.--Canada
Droit--Colonies--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Droit--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Indiens d'Amérique--Droit--Histoire.--Canada
LAW--Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Law--British colonies.
Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.
Law.
Kolonialismus
Indigenes Volk
Recht
Richter.
Gericht.
Canada.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
Australien
Nordamerika
Electronic books.
Aufsatzsammlung.
History.
Electronic books.
KD5020 / .G73 2008eb
349.41