Code: 04797751

Petty Justice

Name: Petty Justice
Brand: University Of Toronto Press
SKU: 04797751
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by Osgoode Society, Paul Craven

Language: English
Binding: Hardback
Number of pages: 568
Publisher: University Of Toronto Press, 2014
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Until the late nineteenth-century, the most common form of local government in rural England and the British Empire was administration by amateur justices of the peace: the sessions system. Petty Justice uses an unusually well-documented example of the colonial sessions system in Loyalist New Brunswick to examine 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. Using the rich archival resources of Charlotte County, Paul Craven discusses issues such as the impact of commercial rivalries on local administration, the role of low law officials in resolving civil and criminal disputes and keeping the peace, their management of public works, social welfare, and liquor regulation, and the efforts of grand juries, high court judges, colonial governors, and elected governments to supervise them. A concluding chapter explains the demise of the sessions system in Charlotte County in the decade of Confederation.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

103.01 €

Full title: Petty Justice
Subtitle: Low Law and the Sessions System in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, 1785-1867
Author: Osgoode Society, Paul Craven
Language: English
Binding: Hardback
Number of pages: 568
EAN: 9781442649910
ISBN: 1442649917
ID: 04797751
Publisher: University Of Toronto Press
Weight: 980 g
Dimensions: 242 × 160 × 41 mm
Date of publishing: 16. October 2014