Muir Law, Debt, and Merchant Power

The Civil Courts of Eighteenth-Century Halifax
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4875-1230-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten

Reihe: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

In the early history of Halifax (1749-1766), debt litigation was extremely common. In Law, Debt, and Merchant Power, James Muir offers an extensive analysis of the civil cases of the time as well as the reasons behind their frequency.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Muir, James

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Halifax, a community of litigants

Chapter 3: Initiating Actions

Chapter 4: Avoiding Trial

Chapter 5: Going to Trial

Chapter 6: Ending the Action

Chapter 7: Appeals and Other Courts

Chapter 8: Conclusion

Appendix 1: Sources and Methods

Appendix 2: Interpreting Occupational and Status Data

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

MuirJames:

James Muir is an associate professor in the Department of History and Classics as well as the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta.