Description |
1 online resource (xv, 583 pages) |
Contents |
Native peoples and the criminal law -- Women, crime and criminal justice -- Criminal justice institutions and state authority -- Canadian prisons in the nineteenth century |
Summary |
This fifth volume in the distinguished series on the history of Canadian law turns to the important issues of crime and criminal justice. In examining crime and criminal law specifically, the volume contributes to the long-standing concern of Canadian historians with law, order, and authority. The volume covers criminal justice history at various times in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes. It is a study which opens up greater vistas of understanding to all those interested in the interstices of law, crime, and punishment |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Law -- Canada -- History
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HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
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Law
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Canada
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Phillips, Jim, 1954- editor.
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Loo, Tina, 1962- editor.
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Lewthwaite, Susan, editor.
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Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, issuing body.
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ISBN |
9781442627857 |
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1442627859 |
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