Martin J. Wiener, An Empire on Trial ; Race, Murder, and Justice under British Rule, 1870-1935

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12 mars 2013

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Georgina Sinclair, « Martin J. Wiener, An Empire on Trial ; Race, Murder, and Justice under British Rule, 1870-1935 », Crime, Histoire & Sociétés, ID : 10.4000/chs.1341

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Law in the British Empire had many faces. It could prove useful to the British in helping to further colonial rule but could also be a resource with which the ‘colonised’ could openly criticise that rule. In An Empire on Trial, Martin Wiener reveals the British Empire to be ‘a deeply contested enterprise’. This he does by exploring the issue of interracial homicide through numerous cases and their subsequent prosecution. Wiener approaches this question transterritorially during the heyday of ...

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