Search for Sovereignty Law and Geography in European Empires, 1400-1900

Name: Search for Sovereignty Law and Geography in European Empires, 1400-1900
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ISBN: 9780521707435

ISBN-10: 0521707439

ISBN-13: 9780521707435

Edition: 2010

Authors: Lauren A. Benton

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Book details

List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/30/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 358
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Lauren Benton is Professor of History and Affiliated Professor of Law at New York University. Her books include A Search for Sovereignty: Law and Geography in European Empires, 1400-1900 and Law and Colonial Cultures: Legal Regimes in World History, 1400-1900.



List of Illustrations


Preface and Acknowledgments



Anomalies of Empire



Treacherous Places: Atlantic Riverine Regions and the Law of Treason



Sovereignty at Sea: Jurisdiction, Piracy, and the Origins of Ocean Regionalism



Island Chains: Military Law and Convict Transportation



Landlocked: Colonial Enclaves and the Problem of Quasi-Sovereignty



Bare Sovereignty and Empire


Bibliography


Index