List of Illustrations | |
Does Law Matter? The New Colonial Legal History | p. 1 |
Authority at the Boundaries of Empire | |
Libel and the Colonial Administration of Justice in Upper Canada and New South Wales, c. 1825-30 | p. 15 |
The Limits of Despotic Government at Sea | p. 38 |
One Chief, Two Chiefs, Red Chiefs, Blue Chiefs: Newcomer Perspectives on Indigenous Leadership in Rupert's Land and the North-West Territories | p. 55 |
Rhetoric, Reason, and the Rule of Law in Early Colonial New South Wales | p. 78 |
Sometimes Persuasive Authority: Dominion Case Law and English Judges, 1895-1970 | p. 101 |
Courts and Judges in the Colonies | |
Courts, Communities, and Communication: The Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Circuit, 1816-50 | p. 117 |
Fame and Infamy: Two Men of the Law in Colonial New Zealand | p. 135 |
Moving in an "Eccentric Orbit": The Independence of Judge Algernon Sidney Montagu in Van Diemen's Land, 1833-47 | p. 156 |
"Not in Keeping with the Traditions of the Cariboo Courts": Courts and Community Identity in Northeastern British Columbia, 1920-50 | p. 176 |
Property, Politics, and Petitions in Colonial Law | |
Starkie's Adventures in North America: The Emergence of Libel Law | p. 195 |
The Law of Dower in New South Wales and the United States: A Study in Comparative Legal History | p. 208 |
Contesting Prohibition and the Constitution in 1850s New Brunswick | p. 221 |
From Humble Prayers to Legal Demands: The Cowichan Petition of 1909 and the British Columbia Indian Land Question | p. 240 |
Afterword: Looking from the Past into the Future | p. 268 |
Notes | p. 277 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 352 |
Index | p. 380 |
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