The ‘Wicked Machinery of Government

This is a study focused on the early years of British rule in Malta (1800–13). It explores the application to the island of the ‘new model’ of colonial government, one based on direct rule from London mediated by the continuation of existing laws and institutions. Systemic deficiencies are identified. These tended to undermine the effectiveness of direct British rule. This study also reveals, in the context of legal and constitutional continuity, unresolved tensions between modernity and tradition. The political stability of the island was damaged and the possibility of continued British possession was threatened

Administration (probate law · Colonial rule · Colonialism · Context (archaeology · Government (linguistics · Indirect rule · Modernity · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Possession (linguistics · Rule of law · Sociology · History · Law · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Philosophy · Scottish History and National Identity

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