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Lauren Benton
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Law and Colonial Cultures: Legal Regimes in World History, 1400-1900 (Studies in Comparative World History) |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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300 |
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2001-12-03 |
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0521804140 |
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Cambridge University Press |
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1.32 pounds |
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5.91 x 0.79 x 8.86 inches |
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Product Description
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.
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http://bookmooch.com/0521804140 |
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