Lawless harvests or God save the judges : Van Diemen's Land 1803-55, a legal history / by Alex C. Castles; introduced and edited by Stefan Petrow and Kate Ramsay.

North Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2007

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Law -- Tasmania -- History.

1. The beginnings of European law

2. Law without full order

3. Mad Tom and martial law

4. A spirit of change

5. Lawless harvests

6. New foundations

7. Changing guard

8. His Excellency

9. A dark shadow

10. The law and landed wealth

11. New hinges of legal change

12. God save the judges.

The author traces the development of the legal system in the colony of Van Diemen's Land from 1803 to 1855. It concentrates on the seven Lieutenant-Governors whose efforts forged the basis for modern Tasmanian law.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781740971423

xiii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm