European Expansion and Law - The Encounter of European Indigenous Law in 19th 2th Century Africa

The history of European expansion overseas also includes the history of the expansion of concepts and principles of European law into the non-European world. The values and ideas it expressed have, to this day, deeply influenced indigenous societies and governments. At the same time indigenous concepts of law were ''discovered'' and codified by European scholars. The outcome of this was a complex and intense interaction between European and local concepts of law, which resulted in many dual legal systems in the African and Asian colonies and which is examined in this volume by prominent historians, lawyers and legal anthropologists.>

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• Authors: J A de Moor, W J Mommsen, W. J. Mommsen, Wolfgang J. Mommsen, Jaap de Moor
• Assisted by: J. A. de Moor (Editor), de Moor J. A. (Editor), W. J. Mommsen (Editor), J. A. de Moor (Editor)
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.06.1992
• EAN: 9780854967629
• ISBN: 978-0-85496-762-9
• No. of pages: 339
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Europe, European History, Asia, LAW / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, African History, International institutions, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law