Donald Fyson

Magistrates, Police, and People

Everyday Criminal Justice in Quebec and Lower Canada, 1764-1837

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating and controversial study will challenge many received historical interpretations, providing new insight into the criminal justice system of early Quebec.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 490
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 712g
• ISBN-13: 9781487598853
• ISBN-10: 1487598858
• Artikelnr.: 50009454

Autorenporträt

Donald Fyson is a professor in the Department of Historical Sciences at l’Université Laval.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. English Justice in a Foreign Land
2. Making Justices
3. The Character of the Magistracy
4. The Police before the Police
5. The Relevance of Criminal Justice
6. Experiencing the Everyday Course of Criminal Justice
7. Criminal Justice and Social Power
8. Criminal Justice and State Power
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index