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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955269303321

Titolo

Law and Politics in British Colonial Thought : Transpositions of Empire / / edited by S. Dorsett, I. Hunter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2010

ISBN

9786612993244

9781282993242

1282993240

9780230114388

0230114385

Edizione

[1st ed. 2010.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 276 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History, , 2945-6649

Altri autori (Persone)

DorsettShaunnagh

HunterIan

Disciplina

306.09

Soggetti

Civilization - History

World history

Imperialism

Social history

Great Britain - History

International relations

Cultural History

World History, Global and Transnational History

Imperialism and Colonialism

Social History

History of Britain and Ireland

International Relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. European law and global justice -- pt. 2. Transpositions of empire -- pt. 3. Frontiers of justice -- pt. 4. The crown in colonial New Zealand.

Sommario/riassunto

A collection that focuses on the role of European law in colonial



contexts and engages with recent treatments of this theme in known works written largely from within the framework of postcolonial studies, which implicitly discuss colonial deployments of European law and politics via the concept of ideology.