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Law, Debt, and Merchant Power : The Civil Courts of Eighteenth-Century Halifax / ed. by James Muir.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal HistoryPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]Copyright date: 2016Description: 1 online resource (304 p.) : 19 b&w tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781487501037
  • 9781487512309
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 346 23
LOC classification:
  • K623 .M857 2016
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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