Front Matter
Contents
Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Authority at the Boundaries of Empire
Libel and The Colonial Administration of Justice in Upper Canada and New South Wales, C. 1825-30
The Limits of Despotic Government at Sea
One Chief, Two Chiefs, Red Chiefs, Blue Chiefs
Rhetoric, Reason, and the Rule of Law in Early Colonial New South Wales
Sometimes Persuasive Authority
Courts and Judges in the Colonies
Courts, Communities, and Communication
Fame and Infamy
Moving in an "Eccentric Orbit"
"Not in Keeping with the Traditions of the Cariboo Courts"
Property, Politics, and Petitions in Colonial Law
Starkie's Adventures in North America
The Law of Dower in New South Wales and the United States
Contesting Prohibition and the Constitution in 1850s New Brunswick
From Humble Prayers to Legal Demands
Afterword
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index
Publications of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Law and Society