‘So Foul A Deed’: Infanticide in Montreal, 1825–1850

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Title
‘So Foul A Deed’: Infanticide in Montreal, 1825–1850
Abstract
The author examines the phenomenon of infanticide and the legal responses to it in Montreal from 1825 to 1850, a period marked by significant economic, social, political, and legal flux. Working with thirty-one unpublished case files of infanticide, he illustrates that the legal and social ramifications of this heavily gendered crime were characterized by complexity, compromise, and conflict. The author finds that the Canadian response largely mirrored that of other nineteenth-century Western jurisdictions. The author concludes that this finding suggests that local context matters, but should also remind scholars to consider the significance of transnational patterns in policing.
Publication
Law and History Review
Volume
Vol. 30
Issue
no. 2
Pages
575-634
Date
May 2012
Language
en
Citation
Pilarczyk, Ian C. “‘So Foul A Deed’: Infanticide in Montreal, 1825–1850.” Law and History Review Vol. 30, no. 2 (May 2012): 575–634.
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