Criminal Law and Colonial Subject

Klappentext This book explores the relationship of a colonial people with English law and looks at the way in which the practice of law developed among the ordinary population. Paula Jane Byrne traces the boundaries among property! sexuality and violence! drawing from court records! dispositions and proceedings. She asks: What did ordinary people understand by guilt! suspicion! evidence and the term "offense"? She illuminates the values and beliefs of the emerging colonial consciousness and the complexity of power relations in the colony. The book reconstructs the legal process with great tetail and richness and is able to evoke the everyday lives of people in the colonial NSW. 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, Byrne Paula Jane
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2003
• EAN: 9780521522946
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52294-6
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Studies in Australian History; 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; England, Wales, Australia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Criminal Law / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Criminal law & procedure, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, Criminal law: procedure and offences