Law, Debt, and Merchant Power

The Civil Courts of Eighteenth-Century Halifax
Herausgeber: Muir, James

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the early history of Halifax (1749-1766), debt litigation was extremely common. In Law, Debt, and Merchant Power, James Muir offers an extensive analysis of the civil cases of the time as well as the reasons behind their frequency.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 163mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781487501037
• ISBN-10: 148750103X
• Artikelnr.: 45062938

Autorenporträt

By James Muir

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Halifax, a community of litigants
Chapter 3: Initiating Actions
Chapter 4: Avoiding Trial
Chapter 5: Going to Trial
Chapter 6: Ending the Action
Chapter 7: Appeals and Other Courts
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Appendix 1: Sources and Methods
Appendix 2: Interpreting Occupational and Status Data
Bibliography