The Rule of the Admirals: Law, Custom, and Naval Government in Newfoundland, 1699-1832
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Jerry Bannister's The Rule of the Admirals examines governance in Newfoundland from the rule of the fishing admirals in 1699 to the establishment of representative government in 1832. It offers the first in-depth account of the rise and fall of the system of naval government that dominated the island for more than a century. In this provocative look at legal culture in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Newfoundland, Bannister explores three topics...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0802088430
ISBN13:9780802088437
Release Date:November 2003
Publisher:University of Toronto Press
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.73 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.3" x 9.2"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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