Law and Colonial Cultures: Legal Regimes in World History, 1400-1900
Lauren Benton
This book advances a new perspective in world history, arguing that institutions and culture--and not just the global economy--serve as important elements of international order. Focusing on colonial legal politics and the interrelation of local cultural contests and institutional change, it uses case studies to trace a shift in plural legal orders--from the multicentric law of early empires to the state-centered law of the colonial and postcolonial world. Benton shows how Indigenous subjects across time were active in making, changing, and interpreting the law--and, by extension, in shaping the international order.
Tahun:
2001
Edisi:
Text is Free of Markings
Penerbit:
Cambridge University Press
Bahasa:
english
Halaman:
301
ISBN 10:
0511041640
ISBN 13:
9780521804141
Nama seri:
Studies in Comparative World History
File:
PDF, 1.69 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2001