Britain and international law in West Africa : the practice of empire / Inge Van Hulle.
2020
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Author
Title
Britain and international law in West Africa : the practice of empire / Inge Van Hulle.
Edition
First edition.
Imprint
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Copyright
©2020
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages).
Series
History and theory of international law.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: Britain and International Law in West Africa
1. The Changing Legal Patterns of Anglo-African Relations (1807-40)
2. British Legal Strategies and the Abolition of the Slave Trade
3. Extraterritorial Jurisdiction and the Dawn of the Protectorate
4. Benevolent Aggression and Exemplary Violence in West Africa
5. International Law and the Settlement of Disputes with Regard to West Africa on the Eve of the Scramble (1840-84).
1. The Changing Legal Patterns of Anglo-African Relations (1807-40)
2. British Legal Strategies and the Abolition of the Slave Trade
3. Extraterritorial Jurisdiction and the Dawn of the Protectorate
4. Benevolent Aggression and Exemplary Violence in West Africa
5. International Law and the Settlement of Disputes with Regard to West Africa on the Eve of the Scramble (1840-84).
Summary
This book provides an in-depth contextual analysis of the role of international law in the growth of British presence in West Africa during the early- and mid-nineteenth century. It highlights this period as an important experimentation phase which saw the genesis of the treaties that have now become associated with the Scramble for Africa.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 22, 2021).
Available in Other Form
Print version: Van Hulle, Inge. Britain and international law in West Africa : the practice of empire. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020
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Oxford Scholarship Online
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Oxford Academic.
Language
English
ISBN
9780192642578 electronic book
019264257X electronic book
9780192642585 electronic book
0192642588 electronic book
9780191912672 electronic book
0191912670 electronic book
9780198869863 print
019264257X electronic book
9780192642585 electronic book
0192642588 electronic book
9780191912672 electronic book
0191912670 electronic book
9780198869863 print
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