Mauritius
place · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
in the texts
The Freedom of the Seas (Mare Liberum)
Island where the Dutch first established themselves in 1598.
The Dutch, then at war with Spain, although not technically at war with Portugal, established themselves in 1598 in the island of Mauritius.
The Genius of the Common Law
Crown Colony where the criminal law is English but the civil law remains French, its conquest having occurred before Napoleon's codes were complete.
Mauritius gives us an example of a Crown Colony where the criminal law is English and the civil law French.