Lawless harvests or God save the judges
Subtitle: Van Diemen's land, 1803-55, a legal history
By: by Alex C. Castles ; introduced and edited by Stefan Petrow and Kate Ramsay
Contributors: Petrow, Stefan; Ramsay, Kate
Publisher: Australian Scholarly Pub.; Australian Scholarly Publishing
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Victoria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781740971423
Subjects: Law; History; Treatment of Aboriginal Australians; Politics and government; Rechtssystem
Description: Provides an intriguing glimpse into the lives of early colonists, the convicts, farmers, soldiers, townspeople and the seven Lieutenant Governors whose efforts forged the basis for modern Tasmanian law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-234) and index.