Law and Colonial Cultures: Legal Regimes in World History, 1400-1900 Lauren Benton

Law and Colonial Cultures: Legal Regimes in World History, 1400-1900

Author: Lauren Benton
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Book Title
Law and Colonial Cultures: Legal Regimes in World History, 1400-1900
Author
Lauren Benton
ISBN
9780521009263
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.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Lauren BentonPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 02/21/2002ISBN: 9780521009263Pages: 300Weight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.92h x 6.06w x 0.73d
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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Lauren Benton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/21/2002
ISBN: 9780521009263
Pages: 300
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.06w x 0.73d
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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Lauren Benton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/21/2002
ISBN: 9780521009263
Pages: 300
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.06w x 0.73d