The Uses of Justice in Global Perspective, 1600–1900

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of illustrations Figures Map Tables Acknowledgements List of contributors Chapter 1: The uses of justice in global perspective, 1600–1900 Introduction The uses of justice Interactions between people, the law and the courts Access to justice Legal pluralism Legal pluralities in practice Comparing uses of justice globally Scope and content of the volume Notes References Chapter 2: The Sinitic justice system, past and present – in a global perspective Introduction The informal justice system Changes in the justice system over time Essential continuities in the system The Sinitic and ‘East Asian justice system’ ‘East Asian’ mediation vs. Western ‘Alternative Dispute Resolution’ Understanding and measuring differences Conclusion Notes References Chapter 3: Threads of the legal web: Dutch law and everyday colonialism in eighteenth-century Asia Introduction Legal pluralism, encroachment and codification Colonial institutions, bureaucratization and the creation of a Dutch legal culture Navigating the threads of the Dutch legal web Conclusion Notes References Chapter 4: Facing the law in eighteenth-century Galle Introduction Social formations in Galle Litigants and witnesses Caseloads and jurisdiction Gender: women and the law Social status of local actors Conclusions Notes References Chapter 5: Legal pluralism in the cities of the early modern Kingdom of Poland: the jurisdictional conflicts and uses of justice by Armenian merchants Introduction Multiple jurisdictions in the cities of the late medieval and early modern Kingdom of Poland Jurisdictional conflicts between the courts of Magdeburg law and Armenian law in the royal cities: perspectives from above and below Functions and jurisdiction of Armenian law courts Conclusions Notes References Chapter 6: The use and abuse of legal services in nineteenth-century Russia Introduction Judicial organization The social composition of clients Complaints and claims against legal professionals Conclusions Notes References Chapter 7: Skipping court: civil disputes in sixteenth-century Rouen Introduction Overview of the legal system Civil disputes Conclusion Notes References Chapter 8: In hope of agreement: norm and practice in the use of institutes for dispute settlement in late-seventeenth-century Leiden Introduction Norm – forums for dispute settlement in early modern Leiden Practice – instrumental use of forums for dispute settlement Conclusions Notes References Chapter 9: Justice and the confines of the law in early modern Spain Introduction Infrajustice: definition of a concept The case of early modern Spain Agents of infrajustice, guardians of public peace The legal revolution and the culture of mediation Conclusions Notes References Chapter 10: Lo extrajudicial: between court and community in the Spanish empire Introduction Community justice Honour and reputation On, off and in between the court record Conclusion Notes References Chapter 11: Legal pluralism, hybridization and the uses of everyday criminal law in Quebec, 1760–1867 Introduction The adaptation of English laws and institutions to a French colony English practice, French influences Indigenous peoples American influences Conclusion Notes References Index