The rule of the admirals : law, custom and naval government in Newfoundland, 1699-1832

The rule of the admirals : law, custom, and naval government in Newfoundland, 1699-1832

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Edition Details

• Creators or Attribution (Responsibility): Jerry Bannister, Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• Language: English
• Jurisdiction(s): Ontario
• Publication Information: Toronto, Ont. : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, ©2003
• Publication Type (Medium): Electronic books, History, Naval history
• Material: Document, Internet resource
• Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
• Series title: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
• Permalink: https://books.lawi.ca/the-rule-of-the-admirals-law-custom-and-naval-government-in-newfoundland-1699-1832/ (Stable identifier)

Additional Format

Print version: Bannister, Jerry, 1968- Rule of the admirals. Toronto ; Buffalo: Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, ©2003 (DLC) 2004270651

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1 online resource (XIX, [4] pages of plates, 423 pages) : ILlustrations, maps.

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Bibliographic information

• Publisher: Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press
• Responsable Person: Jerry Bannister.
• Publication Date: 2003
• Copyright Date: 2003
• Location: Toronto, Ont.
• Country/State: Ontario
• Number of Editions: 8 editions
• First edition Date: 2003
• Last edition Date: 2003
• Languages: English
• Library of Congress Code: KEN1365
• Dewey Code: 347.718
• ISBN: 9781442682283 1442682280
• OCLC: 244768288

Main Contents

Introduction
The fishing admirals system
An unruly set of people: the struggle for judicial authority
The establishment of naval government
A fief of the admiralty: Newfoundland under naval rule
Using mercy and terror: the patterns of criminal justice
Enforcing the social order: punishment in a fishing society
The fall of naval government
Conclusion.

Table of Contents

LIST OF TABLES, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND APPENDICES IX
FOREWORD Xi
PREFACE XIII
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XVii
1 Introduction 3
2 The Fishing Admirals System 26
3 An Unruly Set of People: The Struggle for Judicial Authority 64
4 The Establishment of Naval Government 104
5 A Fief of the Admiralty: Newfoundland under Naval Rule 141
6 Using Mercy and Terror: The Patterns of Criminal Justice 187
7 Enforcing the Social Order: Punishment in a Fishing Society 222
8 The Fall of Naval Government 256
9 Conclusion 280
NOTES ON PRIMARY SOURCES 289
NOTES 299
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRIMARY SOURCES 389
INDEX 399

Structured Subjects (Headings):

• Canada
• Justice, Administration of
• Naval law
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Politics and government

Unstructured Subjects (Headings):

• Canada
• Newfoundland and Labrador

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