The grand experiment : law and legal culture in British settler societies / edited by Hamar Foster, Benjamin L. Berger, and A.R. Buck.

Vancouver : Published by the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by UBC Press, c2008.

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Law -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.

Law -- Great Britain -- History.

Indians of North America -- Canada -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History.

Part I. Authority at the boundaries of empire

1. Libel and the colonial administration of justice in Upper Canada and New South Wales, c. 1825-30

2. The limits of despotic government at sea

3. One chief, two chiefs, red chiefs, blue chiefs: newcomer perspectives on indigenous leadership in Rupert's land and the North-West Territories

4. Rhetoric, reason, and the rule of law in early colonial New South Wales

5. Sometimes persuasive authority : dominion case law and English judges, 1895-1970

Part II. Courts and judges in the Colonies

6. Courts, communities, and communication : the Nova Scotia Supreme Court on circuit, 1816-50

7. Fame and infamy : two men of the law in colonial New Zealand

8. Moving in an eccentric orbit : the independence of Judge Algernon Sidney Montagu in Van Diemen's land 1833-47

9. Not in keeping with the traditions of the Cariboo Courts : courts and community identity in Northeastern British Columbia, 1920-50

Part III. Property, politics and petitions in Colonial law

10. Starkie's adventures in North America : the emergence of libel law

11. The law of dower in New South Wales and the United States : a study in comparative legal history

12. Contesting prohibition and the Constitution in 1850s New Brunswick

13. From humble prayers to legal demands : the Cowichan petition of 1909 and the British Columbia Indian land question.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780774814928

xi, 400 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm