Imperial Justice
Subtitle: Africans in Empire's Court
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780199664849
Subjects: Jurisprudence; Law, africa
Description: This is a vital study of the motivations of the British Imperial Appeal Courts and the tensions between the demands of imperial law and justice and those of African law and custom. Examining the central role of the Privy Council and the Courts, it reveals the impact of the colonized peoples in shaping the processes and outcomes of imperial justice.