Law, debt, and merchant power [electronic resource] : the civil courts of eighteenth-century Halifax / James Muir.

"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....

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.
Main Author:	Muir, James, 1971- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History (Issuing body)
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : Published for The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Series:	Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.
Subjects:	Civil law > Nova Scotia > Halifax > History > 18th century. Courts > Nova Scotia > Halifax > History > 18th century. Corporate debt > Nova Scotia > Halifax > History > 18th century. Halifax (N.S.) > Social conditions > 18th century. Halifax (N.S.) > Economic conditions > 18th century.
Online Access:	EBSCO eBooks: 2016 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2016 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	Law, Debt, and Merchant Power: The Civil Courts of Eighteenth-Century Halifax
Format:	Electronic eBook

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EBSCO eBooks: 2016 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2016 (EBSCO)