English Law, the Legal Profession, and Colonialism (eBook, ePUB)

Histories, Parallels, and Influences
Redaktion: Griffiths, Cerian; Korporowicz, Lukasz Jan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume brings together experts in the field of law and history to explore the ways in which law and lawyers contributed to the expansion of the British Empire, and the ways in which the Empire influenced the Metropole. It sheds new light on the role of the law and legal actors during the establishment of the Empire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000969238
• Artikelnr.: 69148140

Autorenporträt

Cerian Griffiths is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law and Business, Northumbria University. ¿ukasz Jan Korporowicz is an Associate Professor and Vice Dean for Research at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz; Head of the Centre for Anglo-American Legal Tradition of the University of Lodz.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introductory Remarks
Part 1 - Atlantic Relations
2. The Role of Legislation in Racial Identities within the English Atlantic 1640s-1700s
3. London's Middle Temple and Law Students from the New World
Part 2 - Indian Relations
4. Sir James Mackintosh: the Colonial Judge
5. Remaking Britain in the Image of the Raj: James Fitzjames Stephen's 'Indian' Correctives to Electoral Reform
Part 3 - Australia and South-East Asia Relations
6. The Colonial Government Bill 1864: Towards a Code of Colonial Constitutional Law
7. Outlaws in their native land: the 'incompetence' of Aboriginal witnesses in 19th Century Colonial Australia
8. Governance Through Vagrancy Law in Hong Kong, 1841-1939
Part 4 - Legal Doctrines, Empire and Legacies
9. Imagination and Colonial Challenges to English Legal Historiography
10. The Last Will and Testament of John Gardner Kemeys: Jamaican Mortgages and Englis Inheritance Disputes
11. Winds of Change in Common Law Jurisdictions: The Concept of Good Faith and Fair Dealing in the Performance of Contracts
12. Conclusion: Legal History in a Global Setting: Voices from the Peripheries