| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; 1. Africa and the Umpires of Empire; Constructing Colonial Difference; Imperial Universalism; Imperial Justice and the Colonial Legal Order; Scope and Method; 2. The Great Chief Overseas; An Appeal Court for the Empire; Law Court and Advisory Board; The Regional Courts of Appeal; 'The Daniels of the British Realm'; Judicial Uniformity and Colonial Difference; Seeking Imperial Justice; Merchants and Native Agitators; 3. Repugnant Customs and Alien Courts; Customary Law and Native Courts; The Doctrine of Repugnancy |
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Ascertaining Customary LawNative Assessors and Colonial Justice; Inventors of Customary Law; Native Assessors and Criminal Procedure-The Dhalamini Case; Custom and Gender in an 'Alien Court'-Rex v Ndembera; Adjudicating Colonial Difference; Contesting Native Difference; 4. Medicine Murders and Blood Money; The Strange Case of Dr Knowles; Medicine Murder Appeals; The Kibi Murder Case; Criminal Justice and the Politics of Difference; Blood Money; Retribution versus Restitution; Conclusion; 5. Litigious Chiefs and Land Palavers; The Colonial Land Question; Crown Title versus Native Rights |
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Negotiating Difference: Amondu Tijani as PrecedentContesting Authority: Eshugbayi Eleko v The Government; Conclusion; 6. Unknown God: The Limits of Imperial Justice; The Question of Colonial Representation; Cracks in the Imperial Judicial Edifice; South Africa: The Pearl Assurance Case; Salvaging the JCPC: A Peripatetic Commonwealth Court; Independence and the Abolition of Appeals; Kenya: Property Rights and the Settler Factor; Nigeria: Judicial Activism and Power Politics; Conclusion; 7. Conclusions; The Imperative of Colonial Difference; The Persistence of Hegemony |
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The Legacies of Imperial JusticeBibliography; Table of Cases; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 5, 2013) |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Privy Council. Judicial Committee -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain. Privy Council. Judicial Committee. fast (OCoLC)fst00562364 |
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Appellate courts -- Great Britain -- Africa -- Colonies -- History
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Justice, Administration of -- Great Britain -- Africa -- Colonies -- History
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191748523 |
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0191748528 |
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