Criminal Justice in Canada: A Comparative Study of the Maritimes and Lower Canada 1760-1812

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Title
Criminal Justice in Canada: A Comparative Study of the Maritimes and Lower Canada 1760-1812
Abstract
Three different legal systems came together after the Conquest to form the criminal justice system of Quebec/Lower Canada by 1812: the civil law regime of France based on the Customs of Paris; British martial law introduced after the Conquest in 1760; and English common law brought in during the years of 1764 to 1777. The authors argue that any analysis of the criminal justice system of Lower Canada must be based on an appreciation and understanding of these systems and the way in which they were adapted to meet the needs and exigencies of the Anglo-French colony.
Publication
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
Volume
Vol. 21
Issue
no. 2
Pages
245-274
Date
September 1983
Language
en
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Citation
Knafla, Louis A., and Terry L. Chapman. “Criminal Justice in Canada: A Comparative Study of the Maritimes and Lower Canada 1760-1812.” Osgoode Hall Law Journal Vol. 21, no. 2 (September 1983): 245–274. http://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1966&context=ohlj.
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