Legal Pluralism and Empires, 1500-1850 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780814708361)

This wide-ranging volume advances our understanding of law and empire in the early modern world. Distinguished contributors expose new dimensions of legal pluralism in the British, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Ottoman empires. In-depth analyses probe such topics as the shifting legal privileges of corporations, the intertwining of religious and legal thought, and the effects of clashing legal authorities on sovereignty and subjecthood. Case studies show how a variety of individuals engage with the law and shape the contours of imperial rule.

The volume reaches from Peru to New Zealand to Europe to capture the varieties and continuities of legal pluralism and to probe the analytic power of the concept of legal pluralism in the comparative study of empires. For legal scholars, social scientists, and historians, Legal Pluralism and Empires, 1500-1850 maps new approaches to the study of empires and the global history of law.

Author: Lauren Benton
ISBN-10: 0814708366
ISBN-13: 9780814708361
Publisher: New York University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/22/2013
Pages: 323
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.90d