A history of the Newfoundland magistracy beginning with the appointment of the first local justices of the peace in 1729.

Minutes of Conference Between the Committee of the Privy Council of Canada and the Undersigned Delegates from the Colony of Newfoundland, on the Subject of a Union of That Province with the Dominion of Canada. Dominion of Canada, <em>Sessional Papers 1869</em>, Volume V, No. 51.

An article on the judiciary in Newfoundland, 1729-1815.

An article on the reception of law in Newfoundland from 1729 to 1815