Law and Colonial Cultures Legal Regimes in World History, 1400-1900 |
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| Author:
| Benton, Lauren A. |
| Contribution by:
| Adas, Michael
Burke, Edmund
Curtin, Philip D. |
| Series title: | Studies in Comparative World History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-80414-1 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2001 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $94.99 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionThis 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.