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Legacies of fear : law and politics in Quebec in the era of the French revolution

Legacies of fear : law and politics in Quebec in the era of the French revolution

Legacies of fear : law and politics in Quebec in the era of the French revolution

Law of America > Law of Canada > Law of Canada (Québec) > History > By period > English regime, 1759-1867

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XVI, 359 pages, [16] pages of plates : portraits, maps ; 24 cm

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Useful for students learning an area of law, Legacies of fear : law and politics in Quebec in the era of the French revolution is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Main Contents

1. Justice and order: The legal setting
2. The struggle for constitutional reform, 1784-1792
3. From promise to paranoia: The impact of the early French revolution, 1789-1793
4. The security danger, 1793-1798
5. The Garrison mentality
6. The Garrison mentality and the administration of criminal justice, 1794-1797
7. The trial of David McLane, 1797
8. War's end and ethnic breakdown
9. The shadow of Napoleon in lower Canada, 1803-1811
10. The Garrison finds its leader: Security and the governorship of Sir James Craig, 1807-1811
11. Craig's 'Reign of Terror', 1810-1811.

Summary Note

Murray Greenwood is one of Canada's finest legal historians. In this work his wide perspective, supported by extensive documentation, brings new evidence and insight to a formative and somewhat neglected period in Canada's history.

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