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• Introduction
• The fishing admirals system
• An unruly set of people: the struggle for judicial authority
• The establishment of naval government
• A fief of the admiralty: Newfoundland under naval rule
• Using mercy and terror: the patterns of criminal justice
• Enforcing the social order: punishment in a fishing society
• The fall of naval government
• Conclusion.

"The Rule of the Admirals sheds light on one of the most misunderstood chapters in Canadian and British colonial history. Drawing on extensive archival research as well as a broad range of secondary sources, Bannister provides a groundbreaking reinterpretation of a critical period in Newfoundland's colonial development."--Jacket

• 1. High Law, Low Law, No Law I. Petty Justices
• 2. The Trials of David Owen
• 3. High Noon at Campobello
• 4. The Empire Strikes Back II. Doing Substantial Justice
• 5. In the Woods
• 6. "Unconnected with Mercantile Pursuits"
• 7. Hatheway's Civil Docket 1847-67
• 8. Hatheway's Crown Docket, 1847-67 III. The Sessions System and Its Enemies
• 9. Called to Account
• 10. Three Ships
• 11. The Temperance Magistrates
• 12. The Sessions System in Decline Appendices Reference Tables Sources Statutes Index Bibliography Index of Names Index of Places Topical Index.
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Until the late nineteenth-century, the most common form of local government in rural England and the British Empire was administration by amateur justices of the peace: the sessions system. Petty Justice uses an unusually well-documented example of the colonial sessions system in Loyalist New Brunswick to examine the role of justices of the peace and other front-line low law officials like customs officers and deputy land surveyors in colonial local government. Using the rich archival resources of Charlotte County, Paul Craven discusses issues such as the impact of commercial rivalries on local administration, the role of low law officials in resolving civil and criminal disputes and keeping the peace, their management of public works, social welfare, and liquor regulation, and the efforts of grand juries, high court judges, colonial governors, and elected governments to supervise them. A concluding chapter explains the demise of the sessions system in Charlotte County in the decade of Confederation.
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• Acknowledgments ixPreface to the 2008 Edition xiMap xviiPrologue 3The NWT Supreme Court and Its History 9Regina v. Kaotak, 1956 41Regina v. Angulalik, 1957 47Regina v. Kikkik, 1958 57Regina v. Pitseolak, .1959 77Regina v. Kogogolak, 1959 83Regina v. Ayalik, 1960 93Re Noah's Estate, 1961 101 .Re Katie's Adoption, 1961 109Regina v. Sikyea, 1962 117Regina v. Mingeriak, 1963 125Regina v. Amak, Avinga, and Nangmalik, 1963 131Regina v. Shooyookand Aiyoot, 1966 137Regina v. Jeffrey, 1967 153Regin~ v. .Tootalik, 1969-70 159CURRENT TIMESInterpreting the Law: Regina v. Niviaqsi Laisa, 1991 167In Nunavut: Okalik for the Defence 185Epilogue: The Yellowknife Courthouse Collection 'Of Inuit Sculpture 191Notes 203Sources 213Index, '" 417.
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An innovative look at the evolution of the justice system in the Canadian North.
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• Acknowledgments ixPreface to the 2008 Edition xiMap xviiPrologue 3The NWT Supreme Court and Its History 9Regina v. Kaotak, 1956 41Regina v. Angulalik, 1957 47Regina v. Kikkik, 1958 57Regina v. Pitseolak, .1959 77Regina v. Kogogolak, 1959 83Regina v. Ayalik, 1960 93Re Noah's Estate, 1961 101 .Re Katie's Adoption, 1961 109Regina v. Sikyea, 1962 117Regina v. Mingeriak, 1963 125Regina v. Amak, Avinga, and Nangmalik, 1963 131Regina v. Shooyookand Aiyoot, 1966 137Regina v. Jeffrey, 1967 153Regin~ v. .Tootalik, 1969-70 159CURRENT TIMESInterpreting the Law: Regina v. Niviaqsi Laisa, 1991 167In Nunavut: Okalik for the Defence 185Epilogue: The Yellowknife Courthouse Collection 'Of Inuit Sculpture 191Notes 203Sources 213Index, '" 417.
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An innovative look at the evolution of the justice system in the Canadian North.
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• The Inuit of Greenland and Nunavut : from subjugation to self-government?
• The constitutional dimensions of the governance of Nunavut and Greenland
• Territorial government versus home rule : the structure of Nunavut's and Greenland's institutions
• The jurisdiction of greenland and Nunavut
• Greenland and Nunavut in international affairs.

"By means of a bottom-up approach involving cultural immersion, contextual, jurisprudential, and historical legal comparisons of Greenland and Nunavut, The Arctic Promise examines the forms, evolution, and scope of the right to autonomy in Arctic jurisdictions. Loukacheva argues that the right to autonomy should encompass or protect Inuit jurisdiction in legal systems and the administration of justice, and should allow the Inuit direct participation in international affairs where issues that affect their homelands are concerned. The Arctic Promise deals with areas of comparative constitutional law, international law, Aboriginal law, legal anthropology, political science, and international relations, using each to contribute to the understanding of the right to indigenous autonomy."--Jacket