Borderline crime : fugitive criminals and the challenge of the border, 1819-1914 / Bradley Miller.
2016
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Title
Borderline crime : fugitive criminals and the challenge of the border, 1819-1914 / Bradley Miller.
Imprint
Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : Published for The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Copyright
©2016.
Description
xiv, 280 pages ; 24 cm.
Series
Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.
Formatted Contents Note
Part 1. Sovereign Borders and Criminal Law in Northern North America. The everyday challenge of sovereignty
The low and high laws of abduction in the border zone
Part 2. Uncertainty, Amorphousness, and Non-Law. International law and supranatural justice in northern North America
The non-law of refugees in British North America
Part 3. Law Formation in the Treaty Era. Civilization on the continent: Law reform and imperial power
Law formation in the common law world.
The low and high laws of abduction in the border zone
Part 2. Uncertainty, Amorphousness, and Non-Law. International law and supranatural justice in northern North America
The non-law of refugees in British North America
Part 3. Law Formation in the Treaty Era. Civilization on the continent: Law reform and imperial power
Law formation in the common law world.
Summary
"From 1819 to 1914, governments in northern North America struggled to deal with crime and criminals migrating across the Canadian-American border. Limited by the power of territorial sovereignty, officials were unable to simply retrieve fugitives and refugees from foreign territory. Borderline Crime examines how law reacted to the challenge of the border in British North America and post-Confederation Canada. For nearly a century, officials ranging from high court judges to local police officers embraced the ethos of transnational enforcement of criminal law. By focusing on common criminals, escaped slaves, and political refugees, Miller reveals a period of legal genesis where both formal and informal legal regimes were established across northern North America and around the world to extradite and abduct fugitives. Miller also reveals how the law remained confused, amorphous, and often ineffectual at confronting the threat of the border to the rule of law. This engrossing history will be of interest to legal, political, and intellectual historians alike."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-270) and index.
Location
RM135
Available in Other Form
Online version: Miller, Bradley W. (Bradley Wayne), 1968- Borderline crime. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Call Number
KC212 .M53 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781487501273 (cloth)
1487501277 (cloth)
9781487512835 (electronic book)
148751283X (electronic book)
1487501277 (cloth)
9781487512835 (electronic book)
148751283X (electronic book)
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