TY  - BOOK
AU  - Muir,James
TI  - Law, Debt, and Merchant Power: The Civil Courts of Eighteenth-Century Halifax 
T2  - Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
SN  - 9781487501037
AV  - K623 .M857 2016
U1  - 346 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Toronto
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Civil law
KW  - Nova Scotia
KW  - Halifax
KW  - History
KW  - Courts
KW  - DISCOUNT-B
KW  - HISTORY / Canada / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Acknowledgments --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Halifax, a Community of Litigants --; 3. Initiating Actions --; 4. Avoiding Trial --; 5. Going to Trial --; 6. Ending the Action --; 7. Appeals and Other Courts --; 8. Conclusion --; Appendix 1: Sources and Methods --; Appendix 2: Interpreting Occupational and Status Data --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - In the early history of Halifax (1749-1766), debt litigation was extremely common. People from all classes frequently used litigation and its use in private matters was higher than almost all places in the British Empire in the 18th century. In Law, Debt, and Merchant Power, James Muir offers an extensive analysis of the civil cases of the time as well as the reasons behind their frequency. Muir’s lively and detailed account of the individuals involved in litigation reveals a paradoxical society where debtors were also debt-collectors. Law, Debt, and Merchant Power demonstrates how important the law was for people in their business affairs and how they shaped it for their own ends
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487512309
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487512309
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781487512309/original
ER  -