Author

Publication

2006-12-16 - University of Toronto Press

Language

English

Word Count

116,000 words, Guess

Page Count

464 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2007273046
  • Goodreads419662

Classifications

  • LCCHV7315.Q42 F97 2006

Description

"Based on extensive research in judicial and official sources, Donald Fyson offers the first comprehensive study of the everyday workings of criminal justice in Quebec and Lower Canada. Focusing on the justices of the peace and their police, Fyson examines both the criminal justice system itself, and the system in operation as experienced by those who participated in it. Fyson contends that, although the system was fundamentally biased, its flexibility provided a source of power for ordinary citizens. At the same time, the system offered the colonial state and its elites a powerful, though often faulty, means of imposing their will on Quebec society. This study will challenge many received historical interpretations, providing new insight into criminal justice in early Quebec."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

  • Magistrates, Police, and People: Everyday Criminal Justice in Quebec and Lower Canada, 1764-1837 (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History)HardcoverUniversity of Toronto Press2006-12-16

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