Modern history series Collins, the courts & the colony : law & society in colonial New South Wales, 1788-1796
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0868401277
ISBN 13
9780868401270
LCCN
KUC 3497 .N3
DDC
994.02
Category
Australia and New Zealand
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Publication Year
1996
Publisher
UNSW Press, Australia
Pages
xvi, 337 pages
Subject
Australian Biography
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Abstract
Collins, the Courts and the Colony draws on original court records to examine the judicial career of Australia's first legal officer - Deputy Judge Advocate, Captain David Collins. This rich, largely untapped primary material provides a fascinating and unusual perspective on the life of the infant colony. It also highlights the difficulties faced by Collins - a marine officer without legal training - in administering a system of justice for a penal colony that was starting to evolve into a civil society.
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Content:
Part I, The Idea and its Implementation -- 1. The Times -- 2. The idea -- 3. The Community -- 4. Collins the Man -- Part II, Difficulties -- 5. The Courts -- 6. The Convicts and Punishment -- Part III, The Courts and Colonial Life -- 7. The Cases: 1788 -- 8. The Cases: 1789 -- 9. The Cases: 1790 -- 10. The Cases: 1791 -- 11. The Cases: 1792 --- 12. The Cases: 1793 -- 13. The Cases: 1794 -- 14. The Cases: 1795 -- 15. The Cases: 1796 -- Part IV, A Judgement -- 16. The Legal System and Collins.
Part I, The Idea and its Implementation -- 1. The Times -- 2. The idea -- 3. The Community -- 4. Collins the Man -- Part II, Difficulties -- 5. The Courts -- 6. The Convicts and Punishment -- Part III, The Courts and Colonial Life -- 7. The Cases: 1788 -- 8. The Cases: 1789 -- 9. The Cases: 1790 -- 10. The Cases: 1791 -- 11. The Cases: 1792 --- 12. The Cases: 1793 -- 13. The Cases: 1794 -- 14. The Cases: 1795 -- 15. The Cases: 1796 -- Part IV, A Judgement -- 16. The Legal System and Collins.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages [328]-329) and index.
Item donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by publisher, then author, then date.
Item donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by publisher, then author, then date.
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