IN THE SHADOW OF THE GALLOWS by Jim Hornby

CRIMINAL LAW AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, 1769-1941

"Anyone seriously interested in the history and morality of capital punishment will profit from reading this concise but powerful study. . . . In the Shadow of the Gallows tells us who we are and what we and our legal system have become."

— Alan W. Clarke, Queen's Law Journal 24 (1998)

Trade Paperback • ISBN 0-919013-30-9 • 152 pp • $14.95 cad