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.