Imagination and the Colonial Challenge to English Legal Historiography

Richard W. Ireland

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Imagination and the Colonial Challenge to English Legal Historiography

Richard W. Ireland^*

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Aberystwyth Law School

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By exploring the experience and attitudes to law of an apparently fictitious state, this chapter invites readers to look again at the nature of, and difficulties involved in, the subjugation of other people and places to the rule of English law. That the examples chosen are far from merely imaginary is then discussed. The experience of viewing legal experience through the lens of a ‘different’ country may open up different perspectives on the legal history of England itself and even on the limitations of traditional jurisprudential analyses.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	English Law, the Legal Profession, and Colonialism
Subtitle of host publication	Histories, Parallels, and Influences
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Pages	205-218
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781000969221
ISBN (Print)	9781032326191
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003315926-13
Publication status	Published - 01 Jan 2023

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