A Jurisprudence of Power - Victorian Empire and the Rule of Law (Hardcover, New)

A Jurisprudence of Power concerns the brutal suppression under martial law of the Jamaica uprising of 1865, and the explosive debate and litigation these events spawned in England. The book explores the centrality of legal ideas and institutions in English politics, and of political ideas that give rise to great questions of English law. It documents how the world's most powerful and articulate political elite struggled with fundamental questions about law, morality, and power. Can a constitutional state rule a sprawling empire without breaking faith with the rule of law? Can it contend with the violent resistance of subjugated peoples without corrupting the integrity of its legal and political ideals? The book addresses these questions as it reconstructs the most prolonged and important conflict over martial law and the rule of law in the history of England in the nineteenth century.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford Studies in Modern Legal History
Release date:	December 2005
First published:	December 2005
Authors:	R.W. Kostal
Dimensions:	242 x 163 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	544
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-826076-9
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General
LSN:	0-19-826076-8
Barcode:	9780198260769

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