Legal and Colonial Culture: Legal Systems of World History 1400-1900

Author: Lauren Benton
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The author attempts to explain the global landscape of the post-colonial era by examining the cultural collisions between colonized peoples and colonizers, particularly the conflicts in legal culture and legal systems, as well as the gradual process of mutual understanding. The book consists of seven chapters, where the author dedicates significant to case studies, selecting major early colonial regions in world history, including Africa, the Americas, Central Asia, and India, to recreate the life stories, conflicts, and the dynamic relationship of both struggle and cooperation between colonized peoples and colonizers. This approach elucidates the institutional frameworks of the post-colonial era and the interaction patterns between different cultural communities. The book offers a new perspective for understanding the formation of world history and the global landscape; it is a significant work in the fields of world history, legal culture, and external legal history. It serves as an important reference for legal historians, researchers, and graduate students.