Dewigged, Bothered, and Bewildered : British Colonial Judges on Trial, 1800-1900.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (464 pages)
Cover -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD, THE OSGOODE SOCIETY -- FOREWORD, THE FORBES SOCIETY -- PREFACE -- 1 Colonial Judges in Trouble: Setting the Scene -- 2 Judicial Tenure, Accountability, and Independence in the Common Law World before 1800 -- 3 The Administration of Colonial Justice and Law in the Nineteenth-Century British Empire: General Contours -- 4 The Perils of the Colonial Judiciary: Courting Reform in a Counter-revolutionary Empire, 1800-1830 -- 5 The Perils of the Colonial Judiciary: Ultra-Conservative Judges in an Era of Developing Reformist Sentiment in the British Empire, 1810-1840 -- 6 The Perils of the Colonial Judiciary: Guarding the Sanctity of the Common Law from Local 'Deviations' in a Convict Colony, 1800-1830 -- 7 The Perils of the Colonial Judiciary: English Legal Culture and the Repugnancy Card in the Australian Colonies, 1830-1850 -- 8 Repugnancy in Australia after 1850: Shoot-out in Adelaide, 1854-1868 -- 9 The Perils of the Colonial Judiciary: The Incubus of Slavery in the West Indian Colonies and West Africa, 1800-1834 -- 10 The Perils of the Colonial Judiciary: The Indelible Stain of Slavery in the West Indian Colonies, 1834-1900 -- 11 Judges, Courts, and Empire in the Nineteenth Century and Beyond -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Using the career histories of judges who challenged the system, Dewigged, Bothered, and Bewildered illuminates issues of judicial tenure, accountability, and independence throughout the British Empire.