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Law, bureaucracy and the practice of government and rule
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dc.contributor.author | Humfress, Caroline | |
dc.contributor.editor | Bang, Peter | |
dc.contributor.editor | Bayly, Christopher | |
dc.contributor.editor | Scheidel, Walter | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-30T23:40:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-30T23:40:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-03-31 | |
dc.identifier | 255194516 | |
dc.identifier | 92a2e078-d01a-4a57-883a-c4acb8976fb8 | |
dc.identifier | 85146800985 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Humfress , C 2021 , Law, bureaucracy and the practice of government and rule . in P Bang , C Bayly & W Scheidel (eds) , The Oxford World History of Empire . vol. I , Oxford University Press , Oxford , pp. 266-287 . | en |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9780197533970 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-7059-4455/work/100901550 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/27306 | |
dc.description.abstract | The chapter explores the 'logic of empire' in relation to law, bureaucracy and the practice of government, from the Ancient world to the present. Beginning with the complex example of Haile Selassie I and the Ethiopian Empire, the chapter analyses the many universalisms of law and empire, before moving on to a survey of different 'repertories' of imperial rule. The chapter then examines the numerous ways in which empires put law 'to work', facilitating the development of multiple, normative orders and institutions far beyond the jurisdiction of their own imperial officials. The final section of the chapter briefly introduces (post)colonial legal scholarship and the concept of 'legalism from below', with a specific focus on recent archival research in courtroom records. | |
dc.format.extent | 508299 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | |
dc.relation.ispartof | The Oxford World History of Empire | en |
dc.subject | Law | en |
dc.subject | Bureaucracy | en |
dc.subject | Government | en |
dc.subject | Imperial Rule | en |
dc.subject | Normative Orders | en |
dc.subject | Institutions | en |
dc.subject | Jurisdiction | en |
dc.subject | Legalism | en |
dc.subject | Courtroom | en |
dc.subject | D History (General) | en |
dc.subject.lcc | D1 | en |
dc.title | Law, bureaucracy and the practice of government and rule | en |
dc.type | Book item | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of History | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Global Law and Governance | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. St Andrews Institute of Medieval Studies | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Minorities Research (CMR) | en |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2023-03-31 | |
dc.identifier.url | https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-world-history-of-empire-9780197533970?cc=gb&lang=en&# | en |
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