Essays in the History of Canadian Law: Crime and Criminal Justice in Canadian History

by Susan Lewthwaite (Editor), Tina Loo (Editor), Jim Phillips (Editor)

Overview

This fifth volume in the distinguished series on the history of Canadian law turns to the important issues of crime and criminal justice. In examining crime and criminal law specifically, the volume contributes to the long-standing concern of Canadian historians with law, order, and authority.

The volume covers criminal justice history at various times in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes. It is a study which opens up greater vistas of understanding to all those interested in the interstices of law, crime, and punishment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442659087
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	12/15/1994
Series:	Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History , #5
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	584
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Susan Lewthwaite teaches in the Division of Social Science, York University.

Tina Loo is Associate Professor at the Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, and author of Toronto's Girl Problem: The Perils and Pleasures of the City, 1880-1930.

Jim Phillips is a professor in the Faculty of Law and the Department of History at the University of Toronto.