| Law and Colonial Cultures: Legal Regimes in World History, 1400-1900 Contributor(s): Benton, Lauren (Author) |
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ISBN: 052100926X ISBN-13: 9780521009263 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $31.34 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | International - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 341.09 |
| LCCN: 2001035091 |
| Lexile Measure: 1590 |
| Series: Studies in Comparative World History |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.06" W x 8.92" (0.90 lbs) 300 pages |