Magistrates, Police, and People: Everyday Criminal Justice in Quebec and Lower Canada, 1764-1837

by Donald Fyson

Book Overview

The role and function of criminal justice in a conquered colony is always problematic, and the case of Quebec is no exception. Many historians have suggested that, between the Conquest and the Rebellions (1760s-1830s), Quebec's 'Canadien' inhabitants both boycotted and were excluded from the British criminal justice system. Magistrates, Police, and People challenges this simplistic view of the relationship between criminal law and Quebec society,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487598858
• ISBN13: 9781487598853
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 490 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher