Jurisdictional Accumulation - An Early Modern History of Law, Empires, and Capital

Jurisdictional accumulation reveals varieties of early modern extraterritorial practices and how consuls, ambassadors, merchants and lawyers drove European imperial expansion. This new concept challenges histories of territorial sovereignty in international relations and international law and contributes to early modern mercantilism and capitalism.

List of contents

1. Early Modern Extraterritoriality; 2. Historical sociology, Marxism, and law; 3. Social property relations; 4. Ambassadors; 5. Consuls; 6. Colonial practices of jurisdictional accumulation; 7. Analytical crossroads: Dominium, consuls, and extraterritoriality; 8. Conclusion; Index.

About the author

Maïa Pal is Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University.

Summary

Jurisdictional accumulation reveals varieties of early modern extraterritorial practices and how consuls, ambassadors, merchants and lawyers drove European imperial expansion. This new concept challenges histories of territorial sovereignty in international relations and international law and contributes to early modern mercantilism and capitalism.

Product details

• Authors: Maïa Pal
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781108739573
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73957-3
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / International, International Relations, Public International Law, Legal History, Empires & historical states, Historical states, empires, territories and regions