English Law, the Legal Profession, and Colonialism - Histories, Parallels, and Influences

This volume brings together experts in the field of law and history to explore the ways in which law and lawyers contributed to the expansion of the British Empire, and the ways in which the Empire influenced the Metropole. It sheds new light on the role of the law and legal actors during the establishment of the Empire.

List of contents

1. Introductory Remarks; Part 1 - Atlantic Relations; 2. The Role of Legislation in Racial Identities within the English Atlantic 1640s-1700s; 3. London's Middle Temple and Law Students from the New World; Part 2 - Indian Relations; 4. Sir James Mackintosh: the Colonial Judge; 5. Remaking Britain in the Image of the Raj: James Fitzjames Stephen's 'Indian' Correctives to Electoral Reform; Part 3 - Australia and South-East Asia Relations; 6. The Colonial Government Bill 1864: Towards a Code of Colonial Constitutional Law; 7. Outlaws in their native land: the 'incompetence' of Aboriginal witnesses in 19th Century Colonial Australia; 8. Governance Through Vagrancy Law in Hong Kong, 1841-1939; Part 4 - Legal Doctrines, Empire and Legacies; 9. Imagination and Colonial Challenges to English Legal Historiography; 10. The Last Will and Testament of John Gardner Kemeys: Jamaican Mortgages and Englis Inheritance Disputes; 11. Winds of Change in Common Law Jurisdictions: The Concept of Good Faith and Fair Dealing in the Performance of Contracts; 12. Conclusion: Legal History in a Global Setting: Voices from the Peripheries

About the author

Cerian Griffiths is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law and Business, Northumbria University.
¿ukasz Jan Korporowicz is an Associate Professor and Vice Dean for Research at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz; Head of the Centre for Anglo-American Legal Tradition of the University of Lodz.

Product details

• Authors: Cerian Korporowicz Griffiths
• Assisted by: Cerian Griffiths (Editor), Łukasz Jan Korporowicz (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032326306
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3232630-6
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Routledge Studies in Comparative Legal History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; European History, LAW / General, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Colonialism & imperialism, British & Irish history, Legal History, comparative law, Colonialism and imperialism, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law