Colonial Lawmaking
Cambodia Under the French
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Sally Low's Colonial Lawmaking examines the encounter between Cambodia's indigenous legal traditions and French legal thought during the protectorate and colonial period.
Drawing on archival sources, Low shows how the French imposed elements of French civil law while preserving the monarchy as a semi-divine source of law, producing legal institutions that strengthened executive power.
The book traces codification efforts, court reorganization, and the creation of a multi-jurisdictional system, highlighting ironies in colonial reforms.
It connects these colonial legal legacies to constitutional and political developments up to independence in 1953.
The work is based on Low's doctoral research and offers a pioneering, richly detailed account of Cambodian legal history under the French.
Drawing on archival sources, Low shows how the French imposed elements of French civil law while preserving the monarchy as a semi-divine source of law, producing legal institutions that strengthened executive power.
The book traces codification efforts, court reorganization, and the creation of a multi-jurisdictional system, highlighting ironies in colonial reforms.
It connects these colonial legal legacies to constitutional and political developments up to independence in 1953.
The work is based on Low's doctoral research and offers a pioneering, richly detailed account of Cambodian legal history under the French.
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Sally Frances Low, "Colonial Law Making: Cambodia Under the French" (NUS Press, 2023)
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Sally Frances Low, "Colonial Law Making: Cambodia Under the French" (NUS Press, 2023)
