Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Preface ix
5. Introduction Quebec and the Canadas, 1760 to 1867: A Legal Historiography 3
6. 1. Les débuts de la littérature juridique québécoise, 1767–1840 96
7. 2. Les revendications des nouveaux sujets, francophones et catholiques, de la Province de Québec, 1764–1774 131
8. 3. “A just and obvious distinction”: The Meaning of Imprisonment for Debt and the Criminal Law in Upper Canada’s Age of Reform 187
9. 4. The Law of Nations in the Borderlands: Sovereignty and Self-Defence in the Rebellion Period, 1837–1842 235
10. 5. Minority Groups and the Law in Quebec, 1760–1867 278
11. 6. Être « demanderesse » en Justice: Permanences civilistes dans la Province de Québec, de la Juridiction royale de Montréal (1740–1760) à la Cour des plaids communs de Montréal (1760–1791) 330
12. 7. “To shudder at the bare recital of those acts”: Child Abuse, Family, and Montreal Courts in the Early Nineteenth Century 370
13. 8. Married Women’s Property Law Reform, Couples, and Fraud in Canada West / Ontario, 1859–1900 427
14. 9. From Shaved Horses to Aggressive Churchwardens: Social and Legal Aspects of Moral Injury in Lower Canada 460
15. 10. “Possession of arms among these men … might lead to serious consequences”: Regulating Firearms in the Canadas, 1760–1867 503
16. 11. Grand Juries and “Proper Authorities”: Low Law, Soft Law, and Local Governance in Canada West / Ontario, 1850–1880 538
17. Contributors 571
18. Index 575
19. Backmatter 591