Juridical Encounters: Māori and the Colonial Courts, 1840-1852.

Digitising the record of a colonial culture - Ferguson 1840-45

There is a certain circularity about content in any digital project. Initially, at selection, content is the, subject, substance and value of the endeavour. As the project moves into production, content, as images, becomes a purely technical, objective, issue dominated by concerns about physical characertistics the quality of imaging, the determination and delivery of file sizes become the all ...

The hazards of piecemeal reform: british civil courts and the credit market in colonial India

The colonial experience of developing countries provides valuable evidence regarding the impact of legal and institutional innovations on economic growth. However, there has been little effort by economists to study colonial policies to gain theoretical insights into the process of institutional reform. This paper considers the introduction of civil courts in colonial India and its impact on ag...

Colonial Collecting and Display: Encounters with Material Culture from the Andaman and Nicobar

museum sees its mission as extending beyond the Zambezi to all of Africa: “Museum Africa is not about revisionist African history written by biased Afrocentric writers . . . rather, it is a journey back to the glory years of the African continent’s past.” Byala does an admirable job of setting this history in terms of contemporary museological theory. Following Michel Foucault and Jacques Derri...

Colonial Courts and Secured Credit: Early American Commercial Litigation and Shaysâ•Ž Rebellion

An examination of water rights transition in colonial Victoria, Australia 1840-1886

This paper analyses the transition of water rights institutions in Victoria, Australia, between 1840 and 1886. It will focus on the shift from the common law doctrine of riparian rights to government control of water supplies via quasi-government organisations known as irrigation trusts examining factors leading to this transition and whether it increased institutional efficiency. Evidence sugg...