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Description and Holding Information
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Colonial Law, Summary of, Clark, 1834, Clark
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A Summary of Colonial Law; The practice of the Court of Appeals from the plantations, and of the laws and their administration in all the colonies;
With charters of justice, orders in council, &c. &c. &c.: by Charles Clark, Esq. Of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law, viii+746p, London, S. Sweet,
etc., 1834. (This exceptionally valuable & detailed background work is commonly referenced in the literature as "Clark's Colonial Laws" Pages 1-121
provide a general overview of the constitutional, executive, legislative and judicial arrangements common to most of the British colonies in the year
1834. The appendix, pages 124 to 732, provides separate treatments for each British colony then existing, with a constitutional history and an account of
its constitutional structure and the administration of justice; with copious citations to the letters patent, orders-in-council, etc. The full text
of the initial charter of justice is provided for many colonies. The original book from which this electronic copy was scanned is being preserved in
perpetuity in the Balfour Halevy Special Collections of the Osgoode Hall Law Library, York University, Toronto, Canada.)
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Title:
A summary of colonial law : the practice of the Court of Appeals from the plantations, and of the laws and their administration in all the colonies ; with charters of justice, orders in council, &c. ... / by Charles Clark.
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OCLC Number:
225862044
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Volume 1 | | Yes | Yes |
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