Canadian State Trials, Volume I: Law, Politics, and Security Measures, 1608-1837

by F. Murray Greenwood

Book Overview

]State trials reveal much about a nation's insecurities and shed light on important themes in political, constitutional, and legal history. In Canada, perceived and real threats to the state have ranged from dissent, disaffection, and the emergence of threatening ideologies to insurrection, riot, violent protest, and military invasion. The Canadian State Trials series will explore the role of the law in regulating such threats, from the period...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802078931
• ISBN13: 9780802078933
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 760 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher