Sovereignty, International Law, and the Princely States of Colonial South Asia (The History and Theory of International Law)

Sovereignty, International Law, and the Princely States of Colonial South Asia - Uncover the Hidden History of Sovereignty in Colonial South Asia! 🔍 Discover the intriguing story of how the concept of sovereignty shaped the legal status of princely states in colonial South Asia.

This groundbreaking book examines the jurisdictional politics surrounding these historical legal entities and their impact on the modern Indian state.

🇮🇳 With a comprehensive survey of the place of princely states in colonial structures, this book delves into how international lawyers, British politicians, colonial officials, rulers, and bureaucrats of princely states, and anti-colonial nationalists used definitions of sovereignty to construct political orders.

🤝 Uncover the ways in which these actors attempted to reconfigure the boundaries among the spheres of the national, the imperial, and the international through their invocation of the vernacular of sovereignty.

🌍 This thought-provoking book will challenge your understanding of sovereignty and its role in shaping political imagination in colonial South Asia.

Don't miss out on this fascinating journey into the hidden history of sovereignty! 📚