Across Oceans Of Law: The Komagata Maru And Jurisdiction In The Time Of Empire (Global And Insurgent Legalities) - 9780822370352

Renisa Mawani charts the story of the Komagata Maru--a steamship that left Hong Kong for Vancouver in 1914 carrying 376 Punjabi immigrants who were denied entry into Canada--to illustrate imperialism's racial, legal, spatial, and temporal dynamics and how oceans operate as sites of jurisdictional and colonial contest.

• | Author: Renisa Mawani
• | Publisher: Duke University Press Books
• | Publication Date: Aug 17, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Law
• | ISBN-10: 0822370352
• | ISBN-13: 9780822370352