Cover

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Abbreviations

1 Introduction

THE LEGAL SYSTEM: AN OVERVIEW

2 'The Dayly Cry for Justice': The Juridical Failure of the Annapolis Royal Regime, 1713–1749

3 The Superior Court Judiciary of Nova Scotia, 1754–1900: A Collective Biography

4 Married Women's Property, Chancery Abolition, and Insolvency Law: Law Reform in Nova Scotia, 1820–1867

THE CRIMINAL LAW IN SOCIETY

5 Poverty, Unemployment, and the Administration of the Criminal Law: Vagrancy Laws in Halifax, 1864–1890

6 From Bridewell to Federal Penitentiary: Prisons and Punishment in Nova Scotia before 1880

7 'Raised in Rockhead. Died in the Poor House': Female Petty Criminals in Halifax, 1864–1890

WOMEN, THE FAMILY, AND THE LAW

8 Divorce in Nova Scotia, 1750–1890

9 Child Custody and Divorce: A Nova Scotia Study, 1866–1910

LAW AND ECONOMY

10 The Mines Arbitration Act, 1888: Compulsory Arbitration in Context

11 From Private Property to Public Resource: The Emergence of Administrative Control of Water in Nova Scotia

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