Kings Peace - Law and Order in the British Empire

During the Age of Revolution, the British Crown responded to crises in its colonies with a heavy hand. Lisa Ford shows how imperial peacekeeping methods, which blurred the line between the rule of law and the rule of the sword, transformed the imperial constitution and corroded colonial subjectivity.

About the author

Lisa Ford is the author of the prizewinning Settler Sovereignty: Jurisdiction and Indigenous People in America and Australia, 1788–1836 and coauthor of Rage for Order: The British Empire and the Origins of International Law, 1800–1850. She is Professor of History at the University of New South Wales.

Summary

During the Age of Revolution, the British Crown responded to crises in its colonies with a heavy hand. Lisa Ford shows how imperial peacekeeping methods, which blurred the line between the rule of law and the rule of the sword, transformed the imperial constitution and corroded colonial subjectivity.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Ford
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9780674249073
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24907-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), British Empire, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, British & Irish history, Legal History, Politics and government, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, History of the Americas, HISTORY / Asia / South / India