Legal Histories of the British Empire

Too often law is still relegated to one of a number of forces or trajectories – for example the movements of military forces and commodities – that circulated and operated in Empire. This collection seeks  to investigate law’s central place in the British Empire, and the role of its agents in embedding British rule and culture in colonial territories. Showcasing the richness and diversity of writing about law in Empire, it illuminates the continuities and discontinuities of law’s effects in Empire and the ways in which law was a crucial element in the manifestation of Empire itself. It will be of considerable interest to legal historians, top historians of Empire, and anyone concerned with Empire’s contemporary legacy.