Criminal Law and Colonial Subject - New South Wales, 1810-1830

Klappentext This book looks at how the practice of law developed in early New South Wales. Zusammenfassung 1810-1830 was a crucial period in the development of New South Wales! when the legal foundations of a free-settler and emancipist society were laid. This book explores the relationship of a colonial people with English law and looks at the practice of law among the ordinary population. Inhaltsverzeichnis Author's note; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of figures; List of tables; 1. Introduction; Part I. Law and the Person: 2. Labour; 3. The house; 4. The body; Part II. Offence in the Wilderness: 5. The creation of bushranging; Part III. Suspicious Characters: Police and People: 6. The structure and style of policing; 7. Popular use of law; Part IV. The Court Room: 8. Deciding what was good and bad; 9. Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Paula Jane Byrne
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.01.1993
• EAN: 9780521403795
• ISBN: 978-0-521-40379-5
• No. of pages: 315
• Series: New Studies in Archaeology; Studies in Australian History; New Studies in Archaeology; Studies in Australian History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology