Exploring Legal Multiculturalism in the Irish Sea: Multiculturalism, Proto-Democracy, and State Formation on the Isle of Man from 900-1300
| dc.contributor.author | Wolf, Michael Joseph | en |
| dc.contributor.committeechair | Koch, Bettina | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Eska, Charlene M. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Luke, Timothy W. | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Political Science | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-25T07:00:29Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2015-11-25T07:00:29Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-06-02 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis explores the relationship between proto-democracy, multiculturalism, and state formation. In the introduction, I express the desire to ascertain how legal multiculturalism on the Isle of Man could be viewed as a product of the shared proto-democratic character of the Irish and the Norse legal traditions. Further, I wish to explore how this multiculturalism influenced the development of the state on the island and, coming full circle, what multiculturalism and state formation meant for the future of proto-democracy on the island. In this thesis, I conclude that many of the institutions that played a role in fostering state formation on Man, such as the keys, coroners, and parishes, were themselves a product of legal multiculturalism. Further, I argue that this legal multiculturalism and state formation in turn results in a loss of institutions on Man that characterized the separate legal traditions as proto-democracies. | en |
| dc.description.degree | Master of Arts | en |
| dc.format.medium | ETD | en |
| dc.identifier.other | vt_gsexam:3045 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64186 | en |
| dc.publisher | Virginia Tech | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | Democracy | en |
| dc.subject | Multiculturalism | en |
| dc.subject | State Formation | en |
| dc.subject | Political History | en |
| dc.subject | Isle of Man | en |
| dc.title | Exploring Legal Multiculturalism in the Irish Sea: Multiculturalism, Proto-Democracy, and State Formation on the Isle of Man from 900-1300 | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Political Science | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts | en |