Canada, Nova Scotia, Annapolis regime, property rights of married women, nineteenth-century, Criminal Law, vagrancy laws, Halifax, prison's and punishments before 1880, female petty crime, family law, divorce, child custody, Economy, Mines Arbitration Act of 1888, private property and public resources, Water 

Essays in the history of Canadian law 

"This third volume of Essays in the History of Canadian Law follow two edited by David H. Flaherty. It presents thoroughly researched, original essays in Nova Scotian legal history. An introduction by the editors is followed by ten essays grouped into four main areas of study. The first is the legal system as a whole: essays in this section discuss the juridical failure of the Annapolis regime, present a collective biography of the provinces' superior court judiciary to 1900, and examine the property rights of married women in the nineteenth century.
The second section deals with criminal law. its essays explore vagrancy laws in Halifax in the late nineteenth century, aspects of prison's and punishments before 1880, and female petty crime in Halifax between 1864 and 1890.
The third, on family law, examines the issues of divorce from 1750 to 1890 and child custody from 1866 to 1910. Finally, two essays relate to law and the economy: one examines the Mines Arbitration Act of 1888; the other considers the question of private property and public resources in the context of the administrative control of water in Nova Scotia." - From book.  

Content:
The legal system : an overview. 'The dayly cry for justice' : the juridical failure of the Annapolis Royal regime, 1713-1749 / Thomas Garden Barnes -- The Superior Court judiciary of Nova Scotia, 1754-1900 : a collective biography / Clara Greco -- Married women's property, chancery abolition, and insolvency law : law reform in Nova Scotia, 1820-1867 / Philip Girard -- The criminal law in society. Poverty, unemployment, and the administration of the criminal law : vagrancy laws in Halifax, 1864-1890 / Jim Phillips -- From Bridewell to federal penitentiary : prisons and punishment in Nova Scotia before 1880 / Rainer Baehre -- 'Raised in Rockhead. Died in the poor house' : female petty criminals in Halifax, 1864-1890 / B. Jane Price -- Women, the family, and the law. Divorce in Nova Scotia, 1750-1890 / Kimberley Smith Maynard -- Child custody and divorce : a Nova Scotia study, 1866-1910 / Rebecca Veinott -- Law and economy. The Mines Arbitration Act, 1888 : compulsory arbitration in context / Margaret E. McCallum -- From private property to public resource : the emergence of administrative control of water in Nova Scotia / Jennifer Nedelsky. 

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