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- catalog abstract ""In 1791, when the Constitutional Act created a legislative assembly for Upper Canada, the colonists and their British rulers decreed that the operating criminal justice system in the area be adopted from England, to avoid any undue influence from the nearby United States. In this study of early Canadian law, David Murray delves into the court records of the Niagara District, one of the richest sets of criminal court records surviving from Upper Canada, to analyse the criminal justice system in the district during the first half of the nineteenth century."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b12637268.
- catalog contributor b12637269.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""In 1791, when the Constitutional Act created a legislative assembly for Upper Canada, the colonists and their British rulers decreed that the operating criminal justice system in the area be adopted from England, to avoid any undue influence from the nearby United States. In this study of early Canadian law, David Murray delves into the court records of the Niagara District, one of the richest sets of criminal court records surviving from Upper Canada, to analyse the criminal justice system in the district during the first half of the nineteenth century."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "1. The Paradise of Upper Canada -- Pt. 1. Justice -- 2. Courts, District Rulers, and Crown Servants -- 3. Servants of the Court -- Pt. 2. Morality -- 4. Enforcing a Christian Moral Order -- 5. Intruders upon the Precincts of Crime -- 6. The Cold Hand of Charity -- Pt. 3. Crime -- 7. Crimes and Punishments -- 8. Criminal Victims -- 9. Criminal Boundaries -- 10. Hands Across the Border.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-267) and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 285 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0802037496".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Toronto ; Buffalo : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press,".
- catalog spatial "Ontario Niagara Peninsula".
- catalog subject "Criminal justice, Administration of Moral and ethical aspects Ontario Niagara Peninsula History.".
- catalog subject "Criminal justice, Administration of Ontario Niagara Peninsula History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Criminal justice, Administration of Ontario Niagara Peninsula History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "KEO176 .M87 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Paradise of Upper Canada -- Pt. 1. Justice -- 2. Courts, District Rulers, and Crown Servants -- 3. Servants of the Court -- Pt. 2. Morality -- 4. Enforcing a Christian Moral Order -- 5. Intruders upon the Precincts of Crime -- 6. The Cold Hand of Charity -- Pt. 3. Crime -- 7. Crimes and Punishments -- 8. Criminal Victims -- 9. Criminal Boundaries -- 10. Hands Across the Border.".
- catalog title "Colonial justice : justice, morality, and crime in the Niagara district, 1791-1849 / David Murray.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".