The jurisprudence of travel literature: despotism, excess and the common law

Haldar, Piyel (2004) The jurisprudence of travel literature: despotism, excess and the common law. Journal of Law and Society 31 (1), pp. 87-112. ISSN 0263-323X.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6478.2004.00280.x

Abstract

This article is an attempt to gauge the influence of Orientalism upon western ideals of judgment. More specifically, it focuses on descriptions of despotism in early travel literature as a measure of what the emerging rationality of western legality was attempting to disavow.

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Item Type:	Article
School:	Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Law School
Depositing User:	Sarah Hall
Date Deposited:	28 Jan 2019 16:44
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2023 17:48
URI:	https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/26033

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