Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume XI: Quebec and the Canadas

Foreword

Preface

Introduction: Quebec and the Canadas, 1760 to 1867: A Legal Historiography
G. BLAINE BAKER

1. Les débuts de la littérature juridique québécoise, 1767-1840
   SYLVIO NORMAND
2. Les revendications des nouveaux sujets, francophones et catholiques, de la Province de Québec, 1764-1774
   MICHEL MORIN
3. “A just and obvious distinction”: The Meaning of Imprisonment for Debt and the Criminal Law in Upper Canada’s Age of Reform
   JEFFREY L. M CNAIRN
4. The Law of Nations in the Borderlands: Sovereignty and Self-Defence in the Rebellion Period, 1837-1842
   BRADLEY MILLER
5. Minority Groups and the Law in Quebec, 1760-1867
   DONALD FYSON
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)
   DAVID GILLES
7. “To shudder at the bare recital of those acts”: Child Abuse, Family, and Montreal Courts in the Early Nineteenth Century
   IAN C. PILAR CZYK
8. Married Women’s Property Law Reform, Couples, and Fraud in Canada West / Ontario, 1859-1900
   LORI CHAMBERS
9. From Shaved Horses to Aggressive Churchwardens: Social and Legal Aspects of Moral Injury in Lower Canada
   ERIC H. REITER
10. “Possession of arms among these men ... might lead to serious consequences”: Regulating Firearms in the Canadas, 1760-1867
    R. BLAKE BROWN
11. Grand Juries and “Proper Authorities”: Low Law, Soft Law, and Local Governance in Canada West / Ontario, 1850-1880
    MARY STOKES

Contributors

Index