The Making of Modern Law: British Colonial Law: Acts, Ordinances, and Proclamations from the Colonies, 1900–1989
This collection explores British colonial legal history via 100+ years of acts, ordinances, and proclamations across the Empire. It traces legal evolution from South Africa to Sri Lanka, highlighting 20th-century shifts from colony to independence.
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This is the fourteenth installment in The Making of Modern Law (MOML) series and its first to focus on British colonial legal history. This module brings together more than a century of acts, ordinances, and proclamations passed in British colonies, spanning the entirety of the Crown’s jurisdictions, and charts the development of the legal systems in those territories, many of which still prevail today.
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The Making of Modern LawProduct Type: Primary Sources
Content Types: Manuscripts