دانلود کتاب The Grand Experiment: Law and Legal Culture in British Settler Societies

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List of Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Does Law Matter? The New Colonial Legal History
PART 1: AUTHORITY AT THE BOUNDARIES OF EMPIRE
1 Libel and the Colonial Administration of Justice in Upper Canada and New South Wales, c. 1825-30
2 The Limits of Despotic Government at Sea
3 One Chief, Two Chiefs, Red Chiefs, Blue Chiefs: Newcomer Perspectives on Indigenous Leadership in Rupert's Land and the North-West Territories
4 Rhetoric, Reason, and the Rule of Law in Early Colonial New South Wales. 5 Sometimes Persuasive Authority: Dominion Case Law and English Judges, 1895-1970PART 2: COURTS AND JUDGES IN THE COLONIES
6 Courts, Communities, and Communication: The Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Circuit, 1816-50
7 Fame and Infamy: Two Men of the Law in Colonial New Zealand
8 Moving in an "Eccentric Orbit": The Independence of Judge Algernon Sidney Montagu in Van Diemen's Land, 1833-47
9 "Not in Keeping with the Traditions of the Cariboo Courts": Courts and Community Identity in Northeastern British Columbia, 1920-50
PART 3: PROPERTY, POLITICS, AND PETITIONS IN COLONIAL LAW. 10 Starkie's Adventures in North America: The Emergence of Libel Law11 The Law of Dower in New South Wales and the United States: A Study in Comparative Legal History
12 Contesting Prohibition and the Constitution in 1850s New Brunswick
13 From Humble Prayers to Legal Demands: The Cowichan Petition of 1909 and the British Columbia Indian Land Question
Afterword: Looking from the Past into the Future
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
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