Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Abbreviations xi
6. Maps xii
7. Introduction 1
8. Part One: Juror Apathy and Allegations of Jury Packing, 1820s–1848
9. 1 Storms, Roads, and Harvest Time: The Jury System and Attitudes towards Jury Service in Nova Scotia 15
10. 2. The Jury System and Attitudes towards Jury Service in Upper Canada 43
11. 3. ‘The Bean Box’: Reformers and the Politicization of the Jury System in Nova Scotia 57
12. 4. Reformers, Rebellion, and the Jury System of Upper Canada 80
13. Part Two: Responsible Government and the Jury, 1848–1867
14. 5. Responsible Government, the Magistrates’ Affair, and the Breakdown of the Nova Scotia Jury System 99
15. 6. Responsible Government and the 1850 Upper Canada Jury Act 133
16. Part Three: The Decline of the Jury in Post-Confederation Canada, 1867–1880s
17. 7. ‘We Have Now No Fears of Star Chamber Justice’: The Decline of the Jury in Nova Scotia 173
18. 8. ‘The Day Has Gone By for the Worship of Legal Idols’: The Decline of the Jury in Ontario 192
19. Conclusion 216
20. Notes 225
21. Index 323
22. Backmatter 337