{"product_id":"magistrates-police-and-people-donald-fyson-9781487598853","title":"Magistrates, Police, and People: Everyday Criminal Justice in Quebec and Lower Canada, 1764-1837","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe role and function of criminal justice in a conquered colony is always problematic, and the case of Quebec is no exception. Many historians have suggested that, between the Conquest and the Rebellions (1760s-1830s), Quebec's 'Canadien' inhabitants both boycotted and were excluded from the British criminal justice system. \u003cem\u003eMagistrates, Police, and People\u003c\/em\u003e challenges this simplistic view of the relationship between criminal law and Quebec society, offering instead a fresh view of a complex accord. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on extensive research in judicial and official sources, Donald Fyson offers the first comprehensive study of the everyday workings of criminal justice in Quebec and Lower Canada. Focussing on the justices of the peace and their police, Fyson examines both the criminal justice system itself, and the system in operation as experienced by those who participated in it. Fyson contends that, although the system was fundamentally biased, its flexibility provided a source of power for ordinary citizens. At the same time, everyday criminal justice offered the colonial state and colonial elites a powerful, though often faulty, means of imposing their will on Quebec society. This fascinating and controversial study will challenge many received historical interpretations, providing new insight into the criminal justice system of early Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Fyson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487598858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487598853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.09d","brand":"Donald Fyson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453693735167,"sku":"9781487598853","price":61.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8f4aa78-763c-452f-b4c3-e1146ef0cb79.jpg?v=1777301711","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/magistrates-police-and-people-donald-fyson-9781487598853","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}