Legal and Colonial Culture (Legal Systems of World History 1400-1900)

Author: (American) Benton, translated by Lü Yaping, Zhou Wei
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The authors of this book attempt to explain the world order in the post-colonial era by examining the cultural collision between colonized people 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 authors devote significant space 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 relationships of both colonized people and colonizers. Through these narratives, the book elucidates the institutional frameworks of the post-colonial era and the modes of interaction between different cultural groups. This book provides a new perspective for understanding the formation of world history and the global order. It is a significant work in the fields of world history, legal culture, and foreign legal history. It serves as an important reference for legal historians, researchers, and graduate students.