UID:
edocfu_9958353181702883
Format:
1 online resource :
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11 figures
ISBN:
9781442621770
Content:
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.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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List of Figures --
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List of Tables --
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Foreword --
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Preface --
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Chapter 1. Introduction: High law, low law, not law --
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Part I. Petty justices --
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Chapter 2. The trials of David Owen, 1787-1803 --
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Chapter 3. High noon at Campobello: St Andrews and the islands in the 1820s --
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Chapter 4. The empire strikes back: Executive action, 1824-32 --
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Part II. Doing substantial justice --
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Chapter 5. In the woods: Low law and the Crown Land Office --
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Chapter 6. ‘Unconnected with mercantile pursuits’: The justice business, 1840-1 --
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Chapter 7. Hatheway’s civil docket, 1847-67 --
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Chapter 8. Hatheway’s crown docket, 1847-67 --
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Part III. The sessions system and its enemies --
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Chapter 9. Called to account: Justices, assemblymen, and ratepayers --
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Chapter 10. Three ships: Poverty, paternalism, and politics atmid-century --
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Chapter 11. The temperance magistrates: License and prohibition --
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Chapter 12. The sessions system in decline --
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Appendices --
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Appendix A. Reference tables --
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Appendix B. Commission of the Peace, 1845 --
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Appendix C. Sources cited --
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Bibliography --
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Index of Names --
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Topical Index --
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Backmatter
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3138/9781442621770
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442621770
