Physical Description:print xii, 239 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Publisher:Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1994.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-233) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Rethinking Law, Order, and Authority -- 1. 'Club Law' and Order in British Columbia's Fur Trade -- 2. 'A Squatocracy of Skin Traders': Law and Authority on Vancouver Island -- 3. Property, Geography, and British Columbia's Courts -- 4. 'A California Phase': Civil Litigation, Economy, and Society in British Columbia -- 5. Cranford v. Wright: Law and Authority in British Columbia -- 6. The Meaning of Law and the Limits of Authority on Grouse Creek -- 7. Bute Inlet Stories: Law, Crime, and Colonial Identity -- Conclusion: Law and the Limits of Liberalism.
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