Law and Colonial Cultures : Legal Regimes in World History, 1400-1900 (Studies in Comparative World History)
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'... this book can be warmly recommended for its topicality, as well as its provocative thesis and rich detail.' The Round Table
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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.
Law and Colonial Cultures : Legal Regimes in World History, 1400-1900 (Studies in Comparative World History)
Law and Colonial Cultures: Legal Regimes in World History, 1400-1900 (Studies in Comparative World History),Lauren Benton,Michael Adas,Edmund Burke III,Philip D. Curtin,Cambridge University Press,052100926X,History,History: World,International,International law,International relations and cu,International relations and culture,Legal Reference / Law Profession,World - General,History / World,International law--History,Jurisprudence & General Issues,Modern period, c 1500 onwards,World history
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