The Resource A search for sovereignty : law and geography in European Empires, 1400--1900, Lauren Benton, (electronic resource)
A search for sovereignty : law and geography in European Empires, 1400--1900, Lauren Benton, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- A Search for Sovereignty approaches world history by examining the relation of law and geography in European empires between 1400 and 1900. Lauren Benton argues that Europeans imagined imperial space as networks of corridors and enclaves, and that they constructed sovereignty in ways that merged ideas about geography and law. Conflicts over treason, piracy, convict transportation, martial law, and crime created irregular spaces of law, while also attaching legal meanings to familiar geographic categories such as rivers, oceans, islands, and mountains. The resulting legal and spatial anomalies influenced debates about imperial constitutions and international law both in the colonies and at home. This study changes our understanding of empire and its legacies and opens new perspectives on the global history of law.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 340 pages)
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780521881050
- Label
- A search for sovereignty : law and geography in European Empires, 1400--1900
- Title
- A search for sovereignty
- Title remainder
- law and geography in European Empires, 1400--1900
- Statement of responsibility
- Lauren Benton
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A Search for Sovereignty approaches world history by examining the relation of law and geography in European empires between 1400 and 1900. Lauren Benton argues that Europeans imagined imperial space as networks of corridors and enclaves, and that they constructed sovereignty in ways that merged ideas about geography and law. Conflicts over treason, piracy, convict transportation, martial law, and crime created irregular spaces of law, while also attaching legal meanings to familiar geographic categories such as rivers, oceans, islands, and mountains. The resulting legal and spatial anomalies influenced debates about imperial constitutions and international law both in the colonies and at home. This study changes our understanding of empire and its legacies and opens new perspectives on the global history of law.--
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- Benton, Lauren A
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- non fiction
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- Law and geography
- Sovereignty
- Europe
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- A search for sovereignty : law and geography in European Empires, 1400--1900, Lauren Benton, (electronic resource)
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- online resource
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- 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
- Control code
- CR9780511988905
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 340 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780521881050
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)881236951
- Label
- A search for sovereignty : law and geography in European Empires, 1400--1900, Lauren Benton, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- CR9780511988905
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 340 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780521881050
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)881236951
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