Caliban as legal subject: The Tempest and Renaissance juridical thought.

In this paper the author reads the figure of Shakespeare's Caliban from The Tempest through the lens of the legal dispute on how the inhabitants of lands colonized by European countries are legal subjects. Half human, half monster, son of a witch, forced into slavery by Prospero, Caliban represents...

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Published in:	Law & Humanities Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 239 - 265
Main Author:	Engelking, Wojciech
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov2024
Subjects:	International law Enslaved persons Slavery International organization Theologians
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