TY  - BOOK
AU  - Benton,Lauren A.
TI  - A search for sovereignty: law and geography in European Empires, 1400--1900 
SN  - 0521881056
AV  - KJC1337 .B46 2010
U1  - 341.42 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Law and geography
KW  - Europe
KW  - History
KW  - Sovereignty
KW  - Boundaries
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-328) and index; Anomalies of empire -- Treacherous places : Atlantic riverine regions and the law of treason -- Sovereignty at sea : jurisdiction, piracy, and the origins of ocean regionalism -- Island chains : military law and convict transportation -- Landlocked : colonial enclaves and the problem of quasi-sovereignty -- Bare sovereignty and empire
ER  -