Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface and Acknowledgements 1
4. Notes on Contributors 3
5. Introduction
6. An introduction to Canadian law in history
7. Approaches : Theory and methodology
8. Theory and method in the history of law 23
9. Some reflections on the “New” legal history in relation to weber's socioloy of law 29
10. Doing justice to “British justice” : Law, ideology and Canadian historiography 43
11. Dialogical jurisprudence 71
12. Maternal feminism, legal professionalism and political pragmatism : The rise and fall of magistrate margaret patterson, 1922-1934 91
13. Very late loyalist fantasies : Nostalgic tory 44 “history” and the rule of law in upper Canada 119
14. Social welfare and labour relations
15. Issues in social welfare and labour relations 151
16. Assistance to vetexans and their dependants : Steps on the way to the administrative state, 1914-1929 157
17. The Cold hand of charity: The court of quarter session and poor relief in the Niagara District, 1828 - 1841 179
18. Living wage and living profit : Wage determination by conciliation boards under the industrial disputes investigation act, 1907-1925 207
19. Criminal justice and civil liberties
20. Issues in criminal law and authority: Civil liberties and morality 245
21. The General court martial of l838-39 in lower Canada : An abuse of justice 249
22. The drafting and passage of the war measures act in 1914 and B27: Object lessons in the need for vigilance 291
23. The Canadian wgistracy and the anti-white slavery campaign l900-1920 329