Mr. Mothercountry - The Man Who Made the Rule of Law

Zusatztext "What [the author] has done is written a superb and evocative book that will enrich existing scholarship on colonial practice and deepen understandings of the rule of law and its many dimensions and pitfalls." - Craog Borowiak, Project Muse, Theory & Event Informationen zum Autor Keally McBride is Professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco. Klappentext In Mr. Mothercountry Keally McBride draws on original archival research of the writings of James Stephen and his descendants (known as the Clapham Sect) and the Macaulay family, two major lineages of legal administrators in the British colonies, to explore the gap between the ideal of the rule of law and the ways in which it was practiced and enforced. Zusammenfassung In Mr. Mothercountry Keally McBride draws on original archival research of the writings of James Stephen and his descendants (known as the Clapham Sect) and the Macaulay family, two major lineages of legal administrators in the British colonies, to explore the gap between the ideal of the rule of law and the ways in which it was practiced and enforced. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Colonialism and the Rule of Law Chapter Two: Genealogical Explorations: The Rule of Law as Practice Chapter Three: Lawless Places and Placeless Law: Stephen, Sierra Leone and Extraterritoriality Chapter Four: Codification and the Colonies: Who's Accusing Whom? Chapter Five: Macaulay to Malimath: Punishment and the Police in India Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Keally McBride, Keally (Professor of Politics Mcbride, Keally D. McBride
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 22.09.2016
• EAN: 9780190252977
• ISBN: 978-0-19-025297-7
• Pages: 216
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LAW / Legal History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Political science & theory, Legal History, United States of America, USA, Political science and theory, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence