Imperial justice : Africans in empire's court /

Imperial Justice explores the imperial control of judicial governance and the adjudication of colonial difference in British Africa. Focusing on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the colonial regional Appeal Courts for West Africa and East Africa, it examines how judicial discourses of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ibhawoh, Bonny (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Great Britain. > Privy Council. > Judicial Committee > History.
Great Britain. > Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa > History.
West African Court of Appeal > History.
West African Court of Appeal
Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa
Great Britain. > Privy Council. > Judicial Committee
Appellate courts > Africa > History.
Justice, Administration of > Africa > History.
Appellate courts > Great Britain > Colonies > History.
Justice, Administration of > Great Britain > Colonies > History.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
Appellate courts
Justice, Administration of
Justiz
Kolonie
Justizverwaltung
Great Britain.
West Africa.
East Africa.
Colonies.
Judicial system.
Legal systems.
Case-law.
Legal history.
Africa
Great Britain
Anglophones Afrika
Groḃritannien
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Imperial Justice explores the imperial control of judicial governance and the adjudication of colonial difference in British Africa. Focusing on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the colonial regional Appeal Courts for West Africa and East Africa, it examines how judicial discourses of native difference and imperial universalism in local disputes influenced practices of power in colonial settings and shaped an evolving jurisprudence of Empire. Arguing that the Imperial Appeal Courts were key sites where colonial legal modernity was fashioned, the book examines the tensions that p.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 211 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-201) and index.
ISBN:9780191643170
0191643173
9780191748523
0191748528
0191643181
9780191643187

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