Studies in Australian History Criminal law and colonial subject : New South Wales, 1810-1830

Type

Book

Authors

Byrne, Paula J.

ISBN 10

0521403790

ISBN 13

9780521403795

LCCN

KUC 379.5 .B

DDC

345.944

Tags

Australia & New Zealand, Administrative Law, History, Law, Criminal Law, Australia, New South Wales, 19th century

Series Name

Studies in Australian History

Abstract

"1810-1830 was a crucial period in the development of New South Wales, when the legal foundations of a free-settler and emancipist society were laid. This book explores the relationship of a colonial people with English law and looks at the practice of law among the ordinary population. Paula Jane Byrne traces the boundaries between property, sexuality and violence, drawing from court records, dispositions and proceedings. She asks: what did ordinary people understand by guilt, suspicion, evidence and the term 'offence'? The book reconstructs the legal process with great detail and richness and evokes the everyday lives of people in the colony. It focuses on the different valuing of males and females and analyses the complex gender relations of the early colony. This book innovatively ties recent ideas on convict society and Australian colonial women's history to the legal, economic and social history of early New South Wales." - Voila

Description

Content:
1. Introduction -- pt. 1. Law and the Person. 2. Labour. 3. The House. 4. The Body -- pt. 2. Offence in the Wilderness. 5. The Creation of Bushranging -- pt. 3. Suspicious Characters: Police and People. 6. The Structure and Style of Policing. 7. Popular Use of Law -- pt. 4. The Courtroom. 8. Deciding What Was Good and Bad. 9. Conclusion.

Biblio Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-298) and index.
Item donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by publisher, then author, then date.

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