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Author Miller, Bradley W. (Bradley Wayne), 1968- author.

Title Borderline crime : fugitive criminals and the challenge of the border, 1819-1914 / Bradley Miller.

Publication Info. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Part One: Sovereign Borders and Criminal Law in Northern North America; 2 The Everyday Challenge of Sovereignty; 3 The Low and High Laws of Abduction in the Border Zone; Part Two: Uncertainty, Amorphousness, and Non-Law; 4 International Law and Supranational Justice in Northern North America; 5 The Non-Law of Refugees in British North America; Part Three: Law Formation in the Treaty Era; 6 Civilization on the Continent: Law Reform and Imperial Power; 7 Law Formation in the Common Law World; 8 Conclusion; Notes.
IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
Summary Borderline Crime examines how law reacted to the challenge of the border in British North America and post-Confederation Canada. Miller also reveals how the law remained confused, amorphous, and often ineffectual at confronting the threat of the border to the rule of law.
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Subject Criminal law -- Canada -- History -- 19th century.
Criminal law.
Canada.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Criminal law -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Criminal law -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States.
Criminal law -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Canada -- Boundaries -- United States.
Boundaries.
United States -- Boundaries -- Canada.
Sovereignty -- History.
Sovereignty.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Subject Criminal law.
Other Form: Print version: Miller, Bradley W. (Bradley Wayne), 1968- Borderline crime. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, [2016] 9781487501273 1487501277 (OCoLC)950451058
ISBN 9781487512835 (electronic book)
148751283X (electronic book)
9781487501273
1487501277