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Making law, order, and authority in British Columbia, 1821-1871

Making law, order, and authority in British Columbia, 1821-1871

Making law, order, and authority in British Columbia, 1821-1871

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Online version: Loo, Tina Merrill, 1962- Making law, order, and authority in British Columbia, 1821-1871. Toronto ; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, ©1994 (OCoLC)607833925 Online version: Loo, Tina Merrill, 1962- Making law, order, and authority in British Columbia, 1821-1871. Toronto ; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, ©1994 (OCoLC)621756222

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XII, 239 pages, [12] pages of plates : ILlustrations, portraits, maps ; 23 cm.

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Useful for students learning an area of law, Making law, order, and authority in British Columbia, 1821-1871 is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Main Contents

Introduction: Rethinking Law, Order, and Authority
1. 'Club Law' and Order in British Columbia's Fur Trade
2. 'A Squatocracy of Skin Traders': Law and Authority on Vancouver Island
3. Property, Geography, and British Columbia's Courts
4. 'A California Phase': Civil Litigation, Economy, and Society in British Columbia
5. Cranford v. Wright: Law and Authority in British Columbia
6. The Meaning of Law and the Limits of Authority on Grouse Creek
7. Bute Inlet Stories: Law, Crime, and Colonial Identity
Conclusion: Law and the Limits of Liberalism.

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