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A search for sovereignty : law and geography in European Empires, 1400--1900 / Lauren Benton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: xvi, 340 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780521707435 (pbk.)
  • 0521707439 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341.42 22
Contents:
Anomalies of empire -- Treacherous places : Atlantic riverine region s and the law of treason -- Sovereignty at sea : jurisdiction, piracy, and the origins of ocean regionalism -- Island chains : military law an d convict transportation -- Landlocked : colonial enclaves and the prob lem of quasi-sovereignty -- Bare sovereignty and empire.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-328) and index.

Anomalies of empire -- Treacherous places : Atlantic riverine region s and the law of treason -- Sovereignty at sea : jurisdiction, piracy, and the origins of ocean regionalism -- Island chains : military law an d convict transportation -- Landlocked : colonial enclaves and the prob lem of quasi-sovereignty -- Bare sovereignty and empire.

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