An Empire of Laws Legal Pluralism in British Colonial Policy
A compelling reexamination of how Britain used law to shape its empire. For many years, Britain tried to impose its own laws on the peoples it conquered, and English common law usually followed the Union Jack. But the common law became less common after Britain emerged from the Seven Years’ War (175...
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New Haven ; London
Yale University Press
2023, ©2023
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| Series: | Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Forging a Common-Law Empire
- 2 Experimenting with Law and Development
- 3 The Quebec Act and Its Alternatives
- 4 Varieties of Pluralism in Bengal
- 5 Despotic Humanitarianism and the New Imperial Common Law
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index