ESIL Interest Group History of International Law

ESIL Interest Group History of International Law

Friday 31 May 2019

ARTICLE: Henry JONES: Property, territory, and colonialism: an international legal history of enclosure (Legal Studies XXXIX (2019), No. 2, 187-203)

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Abstract:
This paper is concerned with how law organises and controls space. It offers a new history of enclosure in the context of early English colonialism. By drawing this connection, the paper opens up new lines of enquiry into how law organises and produces space at both the domestic and international scale.
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