Law, Life, and Government at Red River, Volume 1: Settlement and Governance, 1812-1872 9780773597068

A new view of frontier justice in western Canada’s first major settlement through the eyes of its courts and witnesses.

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Law, Life, and Government at Red River, Volume 1: Settlement and Governance, 1812-1872
 9780773597068

Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Conventions and Abbreviations
Figures
1 Origins, 1670–1821
2 Colony without Court, 1822–34
3 Court without Judge, 1835–38
4 Judge without Experience, 1838–44
5 Recorder Thom at His Peak, 1844–48
6 Court Compromised, Recorder Dethroned, 1848–54
7 Scrutiny, Growth, Uncertainty, 1855–60
8 Upheaval Abroad, Slow Progress at Home, 1861–65
9 Confederation and Insurrection, 1866–69
10 Governing Provisionally, 1870
11 Provincehood, 1870–72
12 Was Justice Served? 1835–69
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Bibliography
Index
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