Magistrates, police and people : everyday criminal justice in Quebec and lower Canada
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0802092233
ISBN 13
9780802092236
DDC
364.9714
Category
Osgoode Society
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Publication Year
2006
Pages
xvi, 467 pages
Subject
Canadian criminal justice
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Abstract
"Based on extensive research in judicial and official sources, Donald Fyson offers the first comprehensive study of the everyday workings of criminal justice in Quebec and Lower Canada. Focusing on the justices of the peace and their police, Fyson examines both the criminal justice system itself, and the system in operation as experienced by those who participated in it. Fyson contends that, although the system was fundamentally biased, its flexibility provided a source of power for ordinary citizens. At the same time, the system offered the colonial state and its elites a powerful, though often faulty, means of imposing their will on Quebec society. This study will challenge many received historical interpretations, providing new insight into criminal justice in early Quebec."--Jacket.
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Content:
English justice in a foreign land -- Making justices -- The character of the magistracy -- The police before the police -- The relevance of criminal justice -- Experiencing the everyday course of criminal justice -- Criminal justice and social power -- Criminal justice and state power.
English justice in a foreign land -- Making justices -- The character of the magistracy -- The police before the police -- The relevance of criminal justice -- Experiencing the everyday course of criminal justice -- Criminal justice and social power -- Criminal justice and state power.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-454) and index.
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