1. Introduction : High Law, Low Law, No Law -- I. Petty Justices. 2. The Trials of David Owen -- 3. High Noon at Campobello -- 4. The Empire Strikes Back
II. Doing Substantial Justice. 5. In the Woods -- 6. "Unconnected with Mercantile Pursuits" -- 7. Hatheway's Civil Docket 1847-67 -- 8. Hatheway's Crown Docket, 1847-67
III. The Sessions System and Its Enemies. 9. Called to Account -- 10. Three Ships -- 11. The Temperance Magistrates -- 12. The Sessions System in Decline
Appendices. A Reference Tables -- B Commission of the Peace, 1845 -- C Sources cited
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 516-526) and indexes