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Law, Life, and Government at Red River, Volume 2General Quarterly Court of Assiniboia, Annotated Records, 1844-1872 |
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A new view of frontier justice in western Canada’s first major settlement through the eyes of its courts and witnesses.
Inhabited by a diverse population of First Nations peoples, Métis, Scots, Upper and Lower Canadians, and Americans, and dominated by the commercial and governmental activities of the Hudson’s Bay Company, Red River - now Winnipeg - was a challenging settlement to oversee. This illuminating account presents the story of the unique legal and governmental system that attempted to do so and the mixed success it encountered, culminating in the 1869-70 Red River Rebellion and confederation with Canada in 1870.
In Law, Life, and Government at Red River, Dale Gibson provides rich, revealing glimpses into the community, and its complex relations with the Hudson’s Bay: the colony’s owner, and primary employer. Volume 2 provides a complete annotated, and never-before-published transcription of testimony from Red River’s courts, presenting hundreds of vignettes of frontier life, the cases that were brought before the courts, and the ways in which the courts resolved conflicts.
A vivid look into early settler life, Law, Life, and Government at Red River offers insights into the political, commercial, and legal circumstances that unfolded during western expansion.
In Law, Life, and Government at Red River, Dale Gibson provides rich, revealing glimpses into the community, and its complex relations with the Hudson’s Bay: the colony’s owner, and primary employer. Volume 2 provides a complete annotated, and never-before-published transcription of testimony from Red River’s courts, presenting hundreds of vignettes of frontier life, the cases that were brought before the courts, and the ways in which the courts resolved conflicts.
A vivid look into early settler life, Law, Life, and Government at Red River offers insights into the political, commercial, and legal circumstances that unfolded during western expansion.
Details
Part of the Rupert's Land Record Society Series (number 13 in series)
944 Pages, 6 x 9
10 figures, 4 maps
ISBN 9780773545632
November 2015
Formats: Cloth, eBook
“The comprehensiveness of Law, Life, and Government at Red River provides an excellent, all-in-one, legally focused discussion for researchers in the fields of legal history, Canadian history, colonial histories of the British Empire, and aboriginal law.” Janna Promislow, Thompson Rivers University
"The legal perspective offers a fresh approach to a subject that historians have covered extensively. Recommended." Choice
"In [Gibson’s work] there appear to be no prejudices or presumptions, the absence of which is a sign of both scholarship and academic discipline. Gibson's lengthy tome is sound social observance. The first volume is a retelling of Red River's history especially as it relates to law and government, including key cases. The second volume is something that has never been done: the publication of the complete official court records of the General Quarterly Court of Assiniboia from 1844 to 1872, with commentary. This volume is a catalogue of human experiences in frontier life, from the tragic to the comical." Winnipeg Free Press
“Overall, through his fine research and writing on how the people of Red River understood and made use of frontier law, government and the courts, Dale Gibson makes an essential, and what will no doubt be an enduring, contribution to the broader fields of Canadian, British colonial, and continental American legal history.” American Journal of Legal History
"The legal perspective offers a fresh approach to a subject that historians have covered extensively. Recommended." Choice
"In [Gibson’s work] there appear to be no prejudices or presumptions, the absence of which is a sign of both scholarship and academic discipline. Gibson's lengthy tome is sound social observance. The first volume is a retelling of Red River's history especially as it relates to law and government, including key cases. The second volume is something that has never been done: the publication of the complete official court records of the General Quarterly Court of Assiniboia from 1844 to 1872, with commentary. This volume is a catalogue of human experiences in frontier life, from the tragic to the comical." Winnipeg Free Press
“Overall, through his fine research and writing on how the people of Red River understood and made use of frontier law, government and the courts, Dale Gibson makes an essential, and what will no doubt be an enduring, contribution to the broader fields of Canadian, British colonial, and continental American legal history.” American Journal of Legal History
Dale Gibson is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of law at the University of Manitoba.
Preface vii
Conventions and Abbreviations ix
Figures following page xiv
1 General Quarterly Court of Assiniboia Records, 1844-48 3
2 General Quarterly Court of Assiniboia Records, 1848-54 89
3 General Quarterly Court of Assiniboia Records, 1855-60 240
4 General Quarterly Court of Assiniboia Records, 1861-65 314
5 General Quarterly Court of Assiniboia Records, 1866-69 474
6 General Quarterly Court Records for Manitoba, 1870-72 578
Glossary 701
Notes 719
Bibliography 833
Case List 845
Index 873
Conventions and Abbreviations ix
Figures following page xiv
1 General Quarterly Court of Assiniboia Records, 1844-48 3
2 General Quarterly Court of Assiniboia Records, 1848-54 89
3 General Quarterly Court of Assiniboia Records, 1855-60 240
4 General Quarterly Court of Assiniboia Records, 1861-65 314
5 General Quarterly Court of Assiniboia Records, 1866-69 474
6 General Quarterly Court Records for Manitoba, 1870-72 578
Glossary 701
Notes 719
Bibliography 833
Case List 845
Index 873
