The Law and the Colonial State: Legal Codification versus Practice in a German Colony

Nils Ole Oermann

The Law and the Colonial State: Legal Codification versus Practice in a German Colony

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The Law and the Colonial State : Legal Codification versus Practice in a German Colony. / Oermann, Nils Ole.

Wilhelminism and Its Legacies: German Modernities, Imperialism, and the Meanings of Reform, 1890-1930. ed. / Geoff Eley; James Retallack. New York : Berghahn Books, 2004. p. 171-184 10.

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Harvard

Oermann, NO 2004, The Law and the Colonial State: Legal Codification versus Practice in a German Colony. in G Eley & J Retallack (eds), Wilhelminism and Its Legacies: German Modernities, Imperialism, and the Meanings of Reform, 1890-1930., 10, Berghahn Books, New York, pp. 171-184. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qd2sz.15>

APA

Oermann, N. O. (2004). The Law and the Colonial State: Legal Codification versus Practice in a German Colony. In G. Eley, & J. Retallack (Eds.), Wilhelminism and Its Legacies: German Modernities, Imperialism, and the Meanings of Reform, 1890-1930 (pp. 171-184). [10] Berghahn Books. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qd2sz.15

Vancouver

Oermann NO. The Law and the Colonial State: Legal Codification versus Practice in a German Colony. In Eley G, Retallack J, editors, Wilhelminism and Its Legacies: German Modernities, Imperialism, and the Meanings of Reform, 1890-1930. New York: Berghahn Books. 2004. p. 171-184. 10

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