Laws and Societies in the Canadian Prairie West, 1670-1940 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780774811675)

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Laws and Societies in the Canadian Prairie West, 1670-1940

$37.95

Laws and Societies in the Canadian Prairie West, 1670-1940

$37.95
Format: Paperback
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Challenging myths about a peaceful west and prairie exceptionalism, the book explores the substance of prairie legal history and the degree to which the region's mentality is rooted in the historical experience of distinctive prairie peoples. The ways in which prairie peoples perceived themselves and their relationships to a wider world were directly framed by notions of law and legal remedy shaped by the course and themes of prairie history. Legal history is not just about black letter law. It is also deeply concerned with the ways in which people affect and are affected by the law in their daily lives. By examining how central and important the law has been to individuals, communities, and societies in the Canadian Prairies, this book makes an original contribution.

Author: Louis a. Knafla
ISBN-10: 0774811676
ISBN-13: 9780774811675
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2006
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback
By Louis a. Knafla
By Louis a. Knafla
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Louis A. Knafla is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Calgary. Jonathan Swainger is Associate Professor of History at the University of Northern British Columbia and co-editor, with Constance Backhouse, of People and Place: Historical Influences on Legal Culture, also published by UBC Press.

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