Dewigged, bothered, and bewildered : British colonial judges on trial, 1800-1900 / John McLaren.

Toronto : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, c2011.

1st edition

80640

Judges -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Discipline.

Judges -- Dismissal of -- Colonies. -- Great Britain.

Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 19th century.

1. Colonial judges in trouble : setting the scene

2. Judicial tenure, accountability, and independence in common law world before 1800

3. The administration of colonial justice and law in the nineteenth-century British Empire : general contours

4. The perils of the colonial judiciary : courting reform in a counter-revolutionary empire, 1800-1830

5. The perils of the colonial judiciary : ultra-conservative judges in an era of developing reformist sentiment in the British Empire, 1810-1840

6. The perils of the colonial judiciary : guarding the sanctity of the common law from local deviations in a convict colony, 1800-1830

7. The perils of the colonial judiciary : English legal culture and the repugnancy card in the Australian Colonies, 1830-1850

8. Repugnancy in Australia after 1850 : shoot-out in Adelaide, 1854-1868

9. The perils of the colonial judiciary : the incubus of slavery in the West Indian Colonies and West Africa, 1800-1834

10. The perils of the colonial judiciary : the indelible stain of slavery in the West Indian Colonies, 1834-1900

11. Judges, courts, and empire in the nineteenth century and beyond.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781442644373

xv, 441 p. ; 24 cm