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I. Introduction I. Introduction
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II. Export of Westphalian Sovereignty II. Export of Westphalian Sovereignty
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III. Religious Jurisdictions III. Religious Jurisdictions
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IV. Modern Imperial Jurisdictions IV. Modern Imperial Jurisdictions
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V. Extraterritoriality V. Extraterritoriality
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VI. The Spanish Concept of Jurisdiction VI. The Spanish Concept of Jurisdiction
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VII. The British Empire VII. The British Empire
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VIII. The French Concept of Jurisdiction VIII. The French Concept of Jurisdiction
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IX. Dutch Colonialism IX. Dutch Colonialism
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X. Postcolonial Legacy X. Postcolonial Legacy
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4 The European Concept of Jurisdiction in the Colonies
Get accessNurfadzilah Yahaya is an Assistant Professor of History at the National University of Singapore. She specializes in legal history, colonialism, Islamic law, and the Indian Ocean. Her forthcoming book, Fluid Jurisdictions in the Indian Ocean: Arab Diaspora under Colonial Rule (Cornell University Press) explores how Muslims navigated colonial legal courts in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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Published:04 October 2019
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Abstract
This chapter explores the European concept of jurisdiction in the colonies. European concepts of jurisdiction were varied during the nineteenth century. One thing was for sure: the idea of territorial jurisdiction was imposed throughout the world as a handmaiden to colonialism. Jurisdictions were declared unilaterally and sometimes arbitrarily by colonial powers over huge swathes of territory. Moreover, territorial boundaries became more reified as cartography projects and imperial expeditions delineated borders, and colonial authorities enforced these border controls. The chapter looks at the pluralism that resulted from colonial powers imposing new administrative structures on colonial subjects. It highlights the significance of territorial jurisdiction as a tool to further the expansion of colonial rule and how the use of jurisdiction in this manner resulted in the subjugation of pre-existing legal frameworks.
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