Canada, State trials, 1608-1837, Osgoode Society for Canadian legal history, Criminal Law 

Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History 

"This volume examines this record of Canadian state trials for the period 1608-1837, highlighting security law during the American revolution, the wars against revolutionary/Napoleonic France, and the War of 1812." - Voila 

Content:
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction: State Trials, the Rule of Law, and Executive Powers in Early Canada
PART ONE: c. 1608-1783;
1 The Crime of Lèse-Majesté in New France: Defence of the Secular and Religious Order;
2 The 'Hoffman Rebellion' (1753) and Hoffman's Trial (1754): Constructive High Treason and Seditious Conspiracy in Nova Scotia under the Stratocracy;
3 'Twelve Apostles' or a Dozen Traitors? Acadian Collaborators during King George's War, 1744-8;
4 Civilians Tried in Military Courts: Quebec, 1759-64
5 'Government by Will and Pleasure Instead of Law': Military Justice and the Legal System in Quebec, 1775-83
6 Rebellion and Repression in Nova Scotia in the Era of the American Revolution;

PART TWO: c. 1783-1814;
7 Sedition among the Loyalists: The Case of Saint John, 1784-6;
8 Judges and Treason Law in Lower Canada, England, and the United States during the French Revolution, 1794-1800;
9 The Official Mind and Popular Protest in a Revolutionary Era: The Case of Newfoundland, 1789-1819;
10 Sir James Craig's 'Reign of Terror' and Its Impact on Emergency Powers in Lower Canada, 1810-13
11 State Trials and Security Proceedings in Upper Canada during the War of 1812

PART THREE: c. 1814-37;
12 Parliamentary Privilege and the Repression of Dissent in the Canadas;
13 The Attempted Impeachment of the Lower Canadian Chief Justices, 1814-15;
14 The Gourlay Affair: Seditious Libel and the Sedition Act in Upper Canada, 1818-19;
15 Upper Canada in the 1820s: Criminal Prosecution and the Case of Francis Collins;
16 Liberty of the Press in Early Prince Edward Island, 1823-9;
17 R. v. Howe (1835) for Seditious Libel: A Tale of Twelve Magistrates;

APPENDICES
1 Approaching an Iceberg: Some Guidelines for Understanding Archival Sources Relating to State Trials
2 Note on Sources
3 Supporting Documents
Index 

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