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Itinerario ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-134
Author(s):  
Ernst van Veen
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Early Modern Era ◽  
Indian Ocean World ◽  
Modern Era ◽  
Oxford University Press

Archipelago of Justice

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie M Wood
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Appellate Courts ◽  
Court Records ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
The People ◽  
First Empire ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Early Modern Era ◽  
Modern Era

An examination of France’s Atlantic and Indian Ocean empires through the stories of the little known people who built it. This book is a groundbreaking evaluation of the interwoven trajectories of the people, such as itinerant ship-workers and colonial magistrates, who built France’s first empire between 1680 and 1780 in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. These imperial subjects sought new political and legal influence via law courts, with strategies that reflected local and regional priorities, particularly regarding slavery, war, and trade. Laurie M. Wood focuses largely on appellate courts in Martinique and Île de France (now Mauritius) and shows how the courts appealed to French citizens owing to their strategic place at the center of the largest and most dynamic oceanic zones of trade during the early modern era. Through court records and legal documents, she reveals how the courts became liaisons between France and its new colonial possessions, and how subjects used the courtrooms as gateways to other courtrooms in the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean, and in France.

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