Laws and societies in the Canadian prairie west, 1670-1940
Laws and societies in the Canadian prairie west, 1670-1940
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Edition Details
- Creators or Attribution (Responsibility): Louis A. Knafla, Jonathan Scott Swainger
- Language: English
- Jurisdiction(s): British Columbia
- Publication Information: Vancouver [B.C.] : UBC Press, ©2005
- Publication Type (Medium): Electronic books, History
- Material: Document, Internet resource
- Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
- Series title: Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
- Permalink: https://books.lawi.ca/laws-and-societies-in-the-canadian-prairie-west-1670-1940/ (Stable identifier)
Short Description
1 online resource (344 pages) : ILlustrations, maps.
Purpose and Intended Audience
Useful for students learning an area of law, Laws and societies in the Canadian prairie west, 1670-1940 is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.
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Bibliographic information
- Publisher: UBC Press
- Responsable Person: edited by Lou Knafla and Jonathan Swainger.
- Publication Date: 2005
- Copyright Date: 2005
- Location: Vancouver B.C.
- Country/State: British Columbia
- Number of Editions: 6 editions
- First edition Date: 2005
- Last edition Date: 2005
- Languages: English
- Library of Congress Code: KE394
- Dewey Code: 340.11509712
- ISBN: 9780774811668 0774811668 9780774854207 0774854200
- OCLC: 180704411
Main Contents
Illustrations Preface 1. Introduction: Laws and Societies in the Anglo-Canadian North-West Frontiers and Prairie Provinces, 1670-1940 / Louis A. Knafla Part One: First Nations and First Peoples 2. Law and Necessity in Western Rupert's Land and Beyond, 1670-1870 / Hamar Foster 3. “There Seemed to be No Recognized Law”: Canadian Law and the Prairie First Nations / Sidney L. Harring 4. The Exclusionary Effect of Colonial Law: Indigenous Peoples and English Law in Western Canada, 1670-1870 / Russell C. Smandych 5. Discipline and Discretion in the Mid-Eighteenth-Century Hudson's Bay Company Private Justice System / Paul C. Nigol Part Two: Adaptations to Modernity 6. Policing Two Imperial Frontiers: The Royal Irish Constabulary and the North-West Mounted Police / Greg Marquis 7. The Common Law and Justices of the Supreme Court of the North-West Territories: The First Generation, 1887-1907 / Roderick G. Martin 8. The Implications of a Provincial Police Force in Alberta and Saskatchewan / Zhiqiu Lin and Augustine Brannigan 9. The Development of Prairie Canada's Water Law, 1870-1940 / Tristan M. Goodman 10. Monopolies and State Regulation: The Calgary Power Company, Utilities, and the Alberta Public Utilities Board, 1910-30 / Janice Erion 11. The Law and Public Nudity: Prairie and West Coast Reactions to the Sons of Freedom, 1929-1932 / John McLaren Acknowledgments Contributors General Index Index of Cases Index of Ordinances, Proclamations, and Statutes
Summary Note
Challenging myths about a peaceful west and prairie exceptionalism, the book explores the substance of prairie legal history and the degree to which the region's mentality is rooted in the historical experience of distinctive prairie peoples.