A Search for Sovereignty approaches world history by examining the relation of law and geography in European empires between 1400 and 1900. Lauren Benton argues

Adopting a global approach, Fitzmaurice analyses the laws that shaped modern European empires from medieval times to the twentieth century.

At the dawn of the twentieth century, imperial powers controlled most of the globe. Within a few decades after World War II, many of the great empires had disso

Decolonization revolutionized the international order during the twentieth century. Yet standard histories that present the end of colonialism as an inevitable

Examines the relationship between imperialism and international law.