Lisa Ford, "The King's Peace: Law and Order in the British Empire" (Harvard UP, 2021)
Dr. Lisa Ford,\xa0Professor of History at the University of New South Wales, is the author of prize-winning monographs and a luminary in the field of global legal history. Her new book\xa0The King\u2019s Peace: Law and Order in the British Empire\xa0(Harvard University Press, 2021)\xa0traces how a different kind of British empire emerged out of the global Age of Revolutions. The book\u2019s case studies span the globe, illuminating how the gradual but unrelenting imposition of crown rule across the empire corroded the rights of British subjects, altered their relationship with sovereign power, and laid the foundations of the modern police state. In tracing the dramatic growth of colonial executive power and the increasing deployment of arbitrary policing and military violence,\xa0The King\u2019s Peace\xa0offers important lessons on peacekeeping, sovereignty, and political subjectivity\u2014lessons that can enrich contemporary debates over the imbalance between liberty and security.\nVladislav Lilic\xa0is a doctoral candidate in Modern European History at Vanderbilt University.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law