Colonizing Hawai'i: the Cultural Power of Law.
Merry, Sally Engle. Colonizing Hawai'i: the Cultural Power of Law. Princeton, [N.J.]: Princeton University Press, [2000]. xii, 371 pp. Hardcover. Near fine. Marker to bottom of text block, otherwise internally clean. $45. * Contents: A Note on Language and Terminology; Part 1:; Encounters in a Contact Zone: New England Missionaries, Lawyers, and the Appropriation of Anglo-American Law, 1820-1852.; The Process of Legal Transformation; The First Transition: Religious Law; The Second Transition: Secular Law; Part 2:; Local Practices of Policing and Judging in Hilo, Hawai'i.; The Social History of a Planation Town; Judges and Caseloads in Hilo; Protest and the Law on the Hilo Sugar Plantation; Sexuality, marriage, and the management of the body --; Conclusion --; Appendices.; A.; Cases from Hilo District Court ;; B.; Accompanying tables.
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