‘Justice in the Premises’: Family Violence and the Law in Montreal, 1825-1850
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‘Justice in the Premises’: Family Violence and the Law in Montreal, 1825-1850
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| Abstract |
The author argues that the judicial response to family violence in Montreal during the period 1825 to 1850 was marked by paradox. The criminal justice system, driven by private prosecutors, limited the ability of some to seek the law’s protection, but it allowed others to exercise considerable discretion and influence over the pursuit of justice. The author concludes that by the 1850s, the courts were making public some of Victorian Montreal’s darkest secrets relating to infanticide, child abuse, domestic violence and spousal murder.
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PhD dissertation
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McGill University
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Montreal
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2003
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| # of Pages |
463p.
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| Language |
en
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Pilarczyk, Ian C. “‘Justice in the Premises’: Family Violence and the Law in Montreal, 1825-1850.” PhD dissertation, McGill University, 2003. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol2/QMM/TC-QMM-84214.pdf.
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