2 Search Results for: Justices of the Peace
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Petty Justice: Low Law and the Sessions System in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, 1785-1867
by Paul Craven, Professor, Social Science Division, York University, published by the University of Toronto Press, 2014. Local administration and law enforcement in pre-Confederation Canada was largely done through a coterie of appointed officials, most notably the justices of the peace, but also including constables, parish officers, overseers of the poor, and the like. Justices… Read more »
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Magistrates, Police and People: Everyday Criminal Justice in Quebec and Lower Canada, 1764-1837
by Donald Fyson, Professor of History, Universite Laval. Published with the University of Toronto Press, 2006. This book is a study of everyday criminal justice in Quebec and Lower Canada between the Conquest and the Rebellions, concentrating on the justices of the peace and the police. The first half explores the criminal justice system itself: the… Read more »