The Uses of Justice in Global Perspective, 1600a1900.by Vermeesch New<|

Taylor & Francis

The Uses of Justice in Global Perspective, 16001900Author(s): Griet Vermeesch, Manon van der Heijden, Jaco Zuijderduijn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138476790, 978-1138476790\nSynopsis\nThe Uses of Justice in Global Perspective, [tel] presents a new perspective on the uses of justice between 1600 and 1900 and confronts prevailing Eurocentric historiography in its examination of how people of this period made use of the law. \n\nBetween 1600 and 1900 the towns in Western Europe, the Kingdoms in Eastern Europe, the Empires in Asia and the Colonial States in Asia and the Americas were all characterised by a plurality of legal orders resulting from interactions and negotiations between states, institutions, and people with different backgrounds. Through exploring how justice is used within these different areas of the world, this book offers a broad global perspective, but it also adopts a fresh approach through.