Gender, Violence and Criminal Justice in the Colonial Pacific

Gender, Violence and Criminal Justice in the Colonial Pacific

1880-1920

Stevens, Kate

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

07/2024

304

Mole

Inglês

9781350275553

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Introduction
Part I: 'A Stranger in our Midst': Criminal Justice in the Colonial Courts
1. Creating European Law in the Pacific
2. Courtroom Theatre and Colonial Prestige
3. Bodily and Narrative Performances in the Court
Part II: 'Rough Justice Indeed'? Creating and Contesting Law Beyond the Courts
4. Colonial Intimacies Below and Beyond the Law
5. Justice Debated
6. Alternative Pursuits of Justice
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
indigenous peoples; indentured laborers; courtroom; justice system; colonial law; imperialism; British Empire; French Empire; Fiji; New Caledonia; Vanuatu; sexual violence; sexual assault; agency; gender; women; legal history; legal pluralism