Sovereignty and Possession in the English New World - The Legal Foundations of Empire, 1576–1640 - Ken Macmillan - Paperback Bog - Cambridge
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Description
How did contemporary English and European notions of sovereignty, empire, law, and state formation impact English methods of settlement and governance in the Americas? Ken MacMillan argues that the English crown had a legal, sovereign and prerogative right to supervise its colonial peripheries.