Essays in the history of Canadian lawedited by Philip Girard and Jim Phillips. 
 Nova Scotia 

 - Toronto :  Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press,  (c)2012. 
 - 1 online resource :  1 map 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>""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""; ""Index"" 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442662926 9781442658400 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Law--History.--Nova Scotia
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KE394  / .E873 2012