Legal Pluralism and Empires, 1500-1850 (Hardcover, New)

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.

General

Imprint:	New York University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2013
First published:	2013
Editors:	Lauren Benton • Richard J. Ross
Dimensions:	229 x 153 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	336
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8147-7116-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history Books > History > General
LSN:	0-8147-7116-5
Barcode:	9780814771167

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