Emptying the Den of Thieves: International Fugitives and the Law in British North America/Canada, 1819-1910
This thesis examines how the law dealt with international fugitives. It focuses on formal extradition and the cross-border abduction of wanted criminals by police officers and other state officials. Debates over extradition and abduction reflected important issues of state power and civil liberty, a...
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| Language: | en_ca |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/32772 |