Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History Canadian state trials : rebellion and invasion in the Canadas, 1837-1839

Type
Book
ISBN 10
0802037488 
ISBN 13
9780802037480 
DDC
345.71 
Category
Osgoode Society  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
2002 
Volume
Pages
Volumes 
Subject
Canadian State Trials 
Abstract
"This second volume of the Canadian State Trials series focuses on the largest state security crisis in 19th century Canada: the rebellions of 1837-1838 and associated patriot invasions in Upper and Lower Canada (Ontario and Québec)." - Voila 
Description
Content:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / McMurtry, R. Roy / Oliver, Peter N. -- Acknowledgments / Wright, Barry -- Contributors -- Maps -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Rebellion, Invasion, and the Crisis of the Colonial State in the Canadas, 1837-9 / Greenwood, F. Murray / Wright, Barry -- PART ONE. Upper Canada -- 1. Trying the Rebels: Emergency Legislation and the Colonial Executive's Overall Legal Strategy in the Upper Canadian Rebellion / Baehre, Rainer -- 2. The Toronto Treason Trials, March-May 1838 / Romney, Paul / Wright, Barry -- 3. The Treason Trials of 1838 in Western Upper Canada / Read, Colin -- 4. The Kingston and London Courts Martial / Wright, Barry -- 5. The Prince Affair: 'Gallant Colonel' or 'The Windsor Butcher'? / Greenwood, F. Murray -- 6. Patriot Exiles in Van Diemen's Land / Pybus, Cassandra -- PART TWO. Lower Canada -- 7. 'This Ultimate Resource': Martial Law and State Repression in Lower Canada, 1837-8 / Fecteau, Jean-Marie -- 8. State Trial by Legislature: The Special Council of Lower Canada, 1838-41 / Watt, Steven -- 9. The General Court Martial at Montreal, 1838-9: Operation and the Irish Comparison / Greenwood, F. Murray -- 10. The Montreal Court Martial, 1838-9: Legal and Constitutional Reflections / Greenwood, F. Murray -- 11. 'Women's Work': Women and Rebellion in Lower Canada, 1837-9 / Boissery, Beverley / Paterson, Carla -- 12. The Punishment of Transportation as Suffered by the Patriotes Sent to New South Wales / Boissery, Beverley -- APPENDICES. Archival Research and Supporting Documents -- Appendix A. In Pursuit of Rebels at the National Archives of Canada: Beyond the Usual Round-up of Suspect Sources / Kennedy, Patricia -- Appendix B. Archival Sources in Quebec Relating to the Legal Suppression of the Rebellions of 1837 and 1838 in Lower Canada / Lambert, James -- Appendix C. Rebellion Trials Sources in Ontario Archives / Lewthwaite, Susan -- Appendix D. Supporting Documents -- Index -- Backmatter 
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