Institutional Bricolage, Property Rights, and Social Practices in the Colonial World
Emphasizing the emergence of new institutional realities from the encounter between colonizers and colonized people, this book highlights the capacity of indigenous communities, as well as settlers themselves, to shape and transform laws and legal figures originating in the metropolis.
The chapters attest to the complexity of land property rights in real contexts and introduce into historical analy...
Emphasizing the emergence of new institutional realities from the encounter between colonizers and colonized people, this book highlights the capacity of indigenous communities, as well as settlers themselves, to shape and transform laws and legal figures originating in the metropolis.
The chapters attest to the complexity of land property rights in real contexts and introduce into historical analy...