Colonial Justice: Justice, Morality, and Crime in the Niagara District, 1791-1849

by David Murray

Book Overview

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 new study of early Canadian law, David Murray has delved into the court records of the Niagara District, one of the richest sets of criminal court records surviving from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802086888
• ISBN13: 9780802086884
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"