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Australian National University. 2001. Trade paperback. Fine.. 620 p. Includes: maps, index, bibliography. . This book uses the history of German New Guinea to examine the role of law in colonial government. It argues: that it was crucial; that the 'colonial state', rather than disappearing, has become a global phenomenon; and that the conventional narrative approach to history is incapable of giving a realistic account of the history of colonial rule, offering 'phantom history' instead. What makes the case of German New Guinea particularly interesting is that a structural and quantitative approach can take us only part of the way since its colonial law had to be developed from scratch, so that it could only gradually grow into a bureaucratic form of government which lawyers like to call 'The Rule of Law'. While it is comparatively easy to describe the legal framework within which its government operated, it is impossible to deal with its operation adequately in quantitative terms, because much of the…
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Phantom History: The Rule of Law and the Colonial State, the Case of German New Guinea Paperback - 2001
by Peter Sack
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- Title Phantom History: The Rule of Law and the Colonial State, the Case of German New Guinea
- Author Peter Sack
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- Publisher Australian National University
- Date 2001
- ISBN 9780909524500
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