Historiography, empire, and the rule of law : imagined constitutions, remembered legalities / Ian Duncanson.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duncanson, Ian
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
Subjects:
Rule of law.
Legal positivism.
Historiography.
Physical Description:xiv, 257 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The themes introduced : law, the subject, sovereignty, and certainty
  • Making good the lack : the form of the phantom in the progress from sovereignty to civility
  • The Scottish writing of the civility of the Englishman
  • The government of empire and its implications for the metropolis
  • Governing the natives at home in nineteenth century Britain
  • Cultural studies, education, and legality
  • The problem of the English discipline and the rise and possible fall of legal positivism.