British colonial rule operated through law rather than direct despotism

Evidence

We find in this fascinating episode a different style and substance of racial rule than under Belgian despotism. Law is taken relatively seriously, at least as the principal mode through which power is exerted and exercised. Racial rule, if only in its imitial exercise, was effected not so much upon the heads and bodies as through the hand of those — David Theo Goldberg, The Racial State, 70

Categorization

• DEFINE: Draws the key analytical contrast of the chapter: British ‘rule of law’ vs. Belgian despotic rule as distinct modes of racial governance.
• XREF: connects to: Early state constitutions favored legislatures because governors embodied British rule — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 668

Related

• Early state constitutions favored legislatures because governors embodied British rule (similarity 0.80)
• Late nineteenth-century racial rule became rule through law rather than raw force (similarity 0.79)
• State form only loosely correlates with style of racial rule (similarity 0.78)