Wounded Feelings: Litigating Emotions in Quebec, 1870–1950

Eric H. Reiter

Published by University of Toronto Press 2019

Wounded Feelings

Litigating Emotions in Quebec, 1870–1950

Eric H. Reiter

In the series Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487534400

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About this book

Wounded Feelings explores how people brought stories of emotional injury like betrayal, grief, humiliation, and anger before the Quebec courts from 1870 to 1950, and how lawyers and judges translated those feelings into the rational language of law.

Author / Editor information

Reiter Eric H. :

Eric H. Reiter is an associate professor in the Department of History at Concordia University and a member of the Quebec Bar.

Reviews

Mary Hemmings, Thompson Rivers University:

"This book masterfully blends jurisprudence and legislation, with emphasis on the Quebec Civil Code, to elucidate how the subjectivity of emotions has been legally interpreted over time. […] Wounded Feelings provides a uniquely Canadian perspective on the interrelated topics of litigation, social history, legal history, and human sentiment. Upon reading, it is clear why this book has been so well received. This book comes highly recommended for academic law libraries, as well as the history collections of academic libraries."

Katie Barclay, University of Adelaide:

"Wounded Feelings is a very rich book that less seeks to provide a simple explanation of what emotional suffering was meant to be than to use discussions of such feeling as an access point to how people considered questions of self, reputation, bodily autonomy, and personal rights."

Michel Morin, Faculty of Law, University of Montreal:

"The ground-breaking thesis of Wounded Feelings is supported by outstanding research and an abundance of sources."

Bettina Bradbury, Department of History, York University:

"Wounded Feelings is an excellent study of how Quebec individuals, lawyers, and judges dealt with legal claims touching broadly on issues in the realm of the emotions. Building on this growing interest in the history of emotions, Wounded Feelings provides fascinating discussion on cases that reveal much about day-to-day life, functional and dysfunctional families, and the social and power dynamics of class, status, age, race, and gender across an eighty-year period of Quebec history."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword THE OSGOODE SOCIETY FOR CANADIAN LEGAL HISTORY Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Feelings and the Law in Nineteenth-Century Quebec Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
2. Shame, Mortification, Disgrace, Dishonour Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
3. Family Dishonour Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
4. Bodily Intrusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
5. Betrayal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
6. Grief and Mourning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
7. Indignation, Anger, Fear Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
8. Conclusion: From Wounded Feelings to Violated Rights Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
Case Citations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	431
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	469

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 504
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 17
- Other: 17 b&w illustrations
Keywords: law; emotions; Quebec; family; civil rights; civil law; honor; honour; history of law; judges; Canadian legal history; courts; legal; archaeology

eBook

Published: November 4, 2019
ISBN: 9781487534400