Law and Colonial Cultures: Legal Regimes in World History, 1400-1900 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 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.

Author: Lauren Benton
ISBN-10: 052100926X
ISBN-13: 9780521009263
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/03/2001
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.06w x 0.73d