Canadian State Trials, Volume I: Law, Politics, and Security Measures, 1608-1837

Published by University of Toronto Press 1996

Canadian State Trials, Volume I

Law, Politics, and Security Measures, 1608-1837

Edited by: Frank Murray Greenwood and Barry Wright

In the series Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487596187

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About this book

This volume examines this record of Canadian state trials for the period 1608-1837, highlighting security law during the American revolution, the wars against revolutionary/Napoleonic France, and the War of 1812.

Author / Editor information

Greenwood Frank Murray :

The late Frank Murray Greenwood was Associate Professor Emeritus of History at the University of British Columbia.

Wright Barry :

Barry Wright is a professor emeritus of law and history at Carleton University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword: THE OSGOODE SOCIETY FOR CANADIAN LEGAL HISTORY R. Roy McMurtry and Peter N. Oliver Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction: State Trials, the Rule of Law, and Executive Powers in Early Canada F. Murray Greenwood and Barry Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One: c. 1608-1783
1. The Crime of Lèse-Majesté in New France: Defence of the Secular and Religious Order Peter N. Moogk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
2. The 'Hoffman Rebellion' (1753) and Hoffman's Trial (1754): Constructive High Treason and Seditious Conspiracy in Nova Scotia under the Stratocracy Barry Cahill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
3. Twelve Apostles' or a Dozen Traitors? Acadian Collaborators during King George's War, 1744-8 Thomas Garden Barnes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
4. Civilians Tried in Military Courts: Quebec, 1759-64 Douglas Hay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
5. 'Government by Will and Pleasure Instead of Law': Military Justice and the Legal System in Quebec, 1775-83 Jean-Marie Fecteau and Douglas Hay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
6. Rebellion and Repression in Nova Scotia in the Era of the American Revolution Ernest A. Clarke and Jim Phillips Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
Part Two: c. 1783-1814
7. Sedition among the Loyalists: The Case of Saint John, 1784-6 D.G. Bell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
8. Judges and Treason Law in Lower Canada, England, and the United States during the French Revolution, 1794-1800 F. Murray Greenwood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
9. The Official Mind and Popular Protest in a Revolutionary Era: The Case of Newfoundland, 1789-1819 Christopher English Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	296
10. Sir James Craig's 'Reign of Terror' and Its Impact on Emergency Powers in Lower Canada, 1810-13 Jean-Marie Fecteau, F. Murray Greenwood and Jean-Pierre Wallot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
11. State Trials and Security Proceedings in Upper Canada during the War of 1812 Paul Romney and Barry Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
Part Three: c. 1814-37
12. Parliamentary Privilege and the Repression of Dissent in the Canadas F. Murray Greenwood and Barry Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	409
13. The Attempted Impeachment of the Lower Canadian Chief Justices, 1814-15 Evelyn Kolish and James Lambert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	450
14. The Gourlay Affair: Seditious Libel and the Sedition Act in Upper Canada, 1818-19 Barry Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	487
15. Upper Canada in the 18205: Criminal Prosecution and the Case of Francis Collins Paul Romney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	505
16. Liberty of the Press in Early Prince Edward Island, 1823-9 J. M. Bumsted Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	522
17. R. v. Howe (1835) for Seditious Libel: A Tale of Twelve Magistrates Barry Cahill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	547
Appendices
Appendix 1. Approaching an Iceberg: Some Guidelines for Understanding Archival Sources Relating to State Trials Patricia Kennedy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	577
Appendix 2. Note on Sources Patricia Kennedy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	586
Appendix 3. Supporting Documents Summary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	596
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	733

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 760

eBook

Published: December 15, 1996
ISBN: 9781487596187