Author: BANNISTER, JERRY
Title: The Rule of the Admirals: Law, Custom, and Naval Government in Newfoundland, 1699-1832 (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History)
Description: Canada: University of Toronto Press / Glenbow-Alberta Institute, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802088430. 423 pages. Footnotes, bibliography and index. "Examines governance in Newfoundland from the rule of the fishing admirals in 1699 to the establishment of representative government in 1832. 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." - from half-title page. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Justice Administration of Newfoundland and Labrador History Politics and Government. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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