Title Petty justice : low law and the sessions system in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, 1785-1867 / Paul Craven

Published Toronto : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 542 pages) : illustrations Series Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series. Contents 1. Introduction : High Law, Low Law, No Law -- I. Petty Justices. 2. The Trials of David Owen -- 3. High Noon at Campobello -- 4. The Empire Strikes Back II. Doing Substantial Justice. 5. In the Woods -- 6. "Unconnected with Mercantile Pursuits" -- 7. Hatheway's Civil Docket 1847-67 -- 8. Hatheway's Crown Docket, 1847-67 III. The Sessions System and Its Enemies. 9. Called to Account -- 10. Three Ships -- 11. The Temperance Magistrates -- 12. The Sessions System in Decline Appendices. A Reference Tables -- B Commission of the Peace, 1845 -- C Sources cited Summary Petty Justice examines 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 516-526) and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Justice, Administration of -- New Brunswick -- Charlotte -- History Justices of the peace -- New Brunswick -- Charlotte -- History Dispute resolution (Law) -- New Brunswick -- Charlotte -- History Law -- New Brunswick -- Charlotte -- History Crime -- New Brunswick -- Charlotte -- History LAW -- Civil Procedure. LAW -- Legal Services. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch. HISTORY -- General. Crime Dispute resolution (Law) Justice, Administration of Justices of the peace Law SUBJECT Charlotte (N.B.) -- History Subject New Brunswick -- Charlotte Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, issuing body. ISBN 9781442621770 144262177X

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