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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Format: TradePaperback
Author: Benton, Lauren
ISBN: 9780521009263
Condition: Used
Dimensions: 8.92 x 0.73
Number Of Pages: 300
Publication Year: 2001

Language: English

Law and Colonial Cultures: Legal Regimes in World History, 1400-1900

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