{"product_id":"the-grand-experiment-9780774814928","title":"The Grand Experiment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeatures essays that reflect the different directions in which legal history in the settler colonies of the British Empire has developed. This title shows how local life and culture in selected settlements influenced, and was influenced by, the ideology of the rule of law that accompanied the British colonial project.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Does Law Matter? The New Colonial Legal History \/ \u003cem\u003eBenjamin L. Berger, Hamar Foster, and A.R. Buck\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Authority at the Boundaries of Empire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Libel and the Colonial Administration of Justice in Upper Canada and New South Wales, c. 1825-30 \/ \u003cem\u003eBarry Wright\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The Limits of Despotic Government at Sea \/ \u003cem\u003eBruce Kercher\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 One Chief, Two Chiefs, Red Chiefs, Blue Chiefs: Newcomer Perspectives on Indigenous Leadership in Rupert’s Land and the North-West Territories \/ \u003cem\u003eJanna Promislow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Rhetoric, Reason, and the Rule of Law in Early Colonial New South Wales \/ \u003cem\u003eIan Holloway, Simon Bronitt, and John Williams\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Sometimes Persuasive Authority: Dominion Case Law and English Judges, 1895-1970 \/ \u003cem\u003eJeremy Finn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Courts and Judges in the Colonies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Courts, Communities, and Communication: The Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Circuit, 1816-50 \/ \u003cem\u003eJim Phillips and Philip Girard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Fame and Infamy: Two Men of the Law in Colonial New Zealand \/ \u003cem\u003eDavid V. Williams\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Moving in an “Eccentric Orbit”: The Independence of Judge Algernon Sidney Montagu in Van Diemen’s Land, 1833-47 \/ \u003cem\u003eStefan Petrow\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 “Not in Keeping with the Traditions of the Cariboo Courts”: Courts and Community Identity in Northeastern British Columbia, 1920-50 \/ \u003cem\u003eJonathan Swainger\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Property, Politics, and Petitions in Colonial Law\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Starkie’s Adventures in North America: The Emergence of Libel Law \/ \u003cem\u003eLyndsay M. Campbell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 The Law of Dower in New South Wales and the United States: A Study in Comparative Legal History \/ \u003cem\u003eA.R. Buck and Nancy E. Wright\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Contesting Prohibition and the Constitution in 1850s New Brunswick \/ \u003cem\u003eGreg Marquis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 From Humble Prayers to Legal Demands: The Cowichan Petition of 1909 and the British Columbia Indian Land Question \/ \u003cem\u003eHamar Foster and Benjamin L. Berger\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword: Looking from the Past into the Future \/ \u003cem\u003eJohn P.S. McLaren\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404917547351,"sku":"9780774814928","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774814928.jpg?v=1730488046","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-grand-experiment-9780774814928","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}