Canadian State Trials, Volume III: Political Trials and Security Measures, 1840-1914 (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History) - Softcover

Barry Wright; Susan Binnie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1487526016 ISBN 13: 9781487526016

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2020

Synopsis

The third volume in the Canadian State Trials series examines Canadian legal responses to real or perceived threats to the safety and security of the state from 1840 to 1914, a period of extensive challenges associated with fundamental political and socio-economic change. Trials for treason and related political offences, suspensions of habeas corpus, and other public order and security-related measures, supported by new institutions such as secret policing, are studied in essays by leading scholars in the field.

The book is divided into four parts: trials and related proceedings arising from the Fenian invasions; attempts to regulate large-scale manifestations of public disorder; trials following the North-West Rebellions of 1870 and 1885, including the Riel trial; and the modernization and enforcement of Canada's national security laws. Building upon the established scholarship of the series, the essays place these legal responses in context, shedding light on the complex and changing relationship between law and politics in Canadian history.

About this title

About the Authors

Barry Wright is a professor emeritus of law and history at Carleton University.


Susan Binnie is an independent scholar living in Toronto.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1487526016
• ISBN 13: 9781487526016
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 672