Dewigged, bothered, and bewildered : British colonial judges on trial, 1800-1900 / John McLaren.
"Throughout the British colonies in the nineteenth century, judges were expected not only to administer law and justice, but also to play a significant role within the governance of their jurisdictions. British authorities were consequently concerned about judges' loyalty to the Crown, and...
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Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press,
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Table of Contents:
- Colonial judges in trouble? : setting the scene
- Judicial tenure and accountability and independence in the common law world before 1800
- The administration of colonial justice and law in the 19th century British Empire : general contours
- The perils of the colonial judiciary : courting reform in a counter-revolutionary empire, 1800-1830
- The perils of the colonial judiciary : ultra-conservative judges in an era of developing reformist sentiment in the British Empire, 1810-1840
- The perils of the colonial judiciary : guarding the sanctity of the common law from local "deviations" in a convict colony, 1800-1830
- The perils of the colonial judiciary : English legal culture and the repugnancy card in the Australian colonies, 1830- 1850
- Repugnancy in Australia after 1850 : shoot out in Adelaide, 1854-1868
- The perils of the colonial judiciary : the incubus of slavery in the West Indian colonies and West Africa, 1800-1834
- The perils of the colonial judiciary : the indelible stain of slavery in the West Indian colonies, 1834-1900
- Judges, courts and empire in the 19th century and beyond.