SESSION 3.1: The Legal Culture of the Kootenays/Columbia, 1860s-1914

• Main Author: Knafla, Louis A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ TRU Library 2019
• Subjects: Canada; British Columbia; First Nations
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.tru.ca/bcstudies/may3/program/31

The “First Formative Period” in the history of the law in British Columbia was a Victorian era that stretched from the creation of the crown colony in 1866 to the outbreak of World War One in 1914. While the legal contours of the first formative period have been sketched, there is still much to be d...