A search for sovereignty : law and geography in European Empires, 1400--1900 /
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Cambridge University Press,
2010
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Table of Contents:
- Anomalies of empire -- Treacherous places : Atlantic riverine regions and the law of treason -- Sovereignty at sea : jurisdiction, piracy, and the origins of ocean regionalism -- Island chains : military law and convict transportation -- Landlocked : colonial enclaves and the problem of quasi-sovereignty -- Bare sovereignty and empire.