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A jurisprudence of power : Victorian Empire and the rule of law /
Kostal, R. W.
A jurisprudence of power : Victorian Empire and the rule of law / R.W. Kostal - New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. - x, 529 p. ; 24 cm. - Oxford studies in modern legal history .
Introduction-
1. "The Country of Law": Reconstructing the Morant Bay Uprising in England-
2. "The Blood that Testifies": The Jamaica Controversy in Jamaica-
3. The Drawing Room Men: The Jamaica Controversy in 1866-
4. The Tenets of Terror: Reinventing the Law of Martial Law-
5. Marshalling Martial Law: Litigating the Jamaica Controversy-
6. "The Alphabet of Our Liberty": Chief Justice Cockburn in the Old Bailey-
7. "The Most-Law Loving People in the World": The denouement of the Jamaica litigation Epilogue-
Epilogue: Phillips v. Eyre and the Problem of Martial Law-
Conclusion: A Jurisprudence of Power-
Victorian Empire, and the Rule of Law-
Appendix: The Jamaica Controversy as Historiography-
Index.
0198260768 9780199551941 (pbk)
Rule of law--History.--Great Britain
Martial law--History--Jamaica--19th century.
A jurisprudence of power : Victorian Empire and the rule of law / R.W. Kostal - New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. - x, 529 p. ; 24 cm. - Oxford studies in modern legal history .
Introduction-
1. "The Country of Law": Reconstructing the Morant Bay Uprising in England-
2. "The Blood that Testifies": The Jamaica Controversy in Jamaica-
3. The Drawing Room Men: The Jamaica Controversy in 1866-
4. The Tenets of Terror: Reinventing the Law of Martial Law-
5. Marshalling Martial Law: Litigating the Jamaica Controversy-
6. "The Alphabet of Our Liberty": Chief Justice Cockburn in the Old Bailey-
7. "The Most-Law Loving People in the World": The denouement of the Jamaica litigation Epilogue-
Epilogue: Phillips v. Eyre and the Problem of Martial Law-
Conclusion: A Jurisprudence of Power-
Victorian Empire, and the Rule of Law-
Appendix: The Jamaica Controversy as Historiography-
Index.
0198260768 9780199551941 (pbk)
Rule of law--History.--Great Britain
Martial law--History--Jamaica--19th century.