{"product_id":"the-court-of-better-fiction-debra-komar-9781459744080","title":"The Court of Better Fiction: Three Trials, Two Executions, and Arctic Sovereignty","description":"\u003ci\u003e2020 Arthur Ellis Award, Best Nonfiction Crime Book -- Shortlisted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn its rush to establish dominion over the North, Canada executed two innocent Inuit.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1921, the RCMP arrested two Inuit males suspected of killing their uncle. While in custody, one of the accused allegedly killed a police officer and a Hudson's Bay Company trader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Canadian government hastily established an unprecedented court in the Arctic, but the trial quickly became a master class in judicial error. The verdicts were decided in Ottawa weeks before the court convened. Authorities were so certain of convictions, the executioner and gallows were sent north before the trial began. In order to win, the Crown broke many of its own laws.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe precedent established Canada's legal relationship with the Inuit, who would spend the next seventy-seven years fighting to regain their autonomy and Indigenous rule of law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Debra Komar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 145974408X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459744080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Debra Komar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372375920895,"sku":"9781459744080","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a009e4e-b189-4ce5-8a38-8f51a2af5d39.jpg?v=1732725776","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-court-of-better-fiction-debra-komar-9781459744080","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}