Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. CHAPTER ONE Law, Capital, and the Geographies of Empire 29
6. CHAPTER TWO The Politics of the Private 55
7. CHAPTER THREE Revolution and Counterrevolution 87
8. CHAPTER FOUR Debt, Default, and Judicial Discipline 117
9. CHAPTER FIVE Sovereign Disobedience 145
10. Conclusion 171
11. Appendix 1: Selected Timeline of the Expansion of US Judicial Territory 185
12. Appendix 2: List of Cases and Auxiliary Case Documents 191
13. Notes 199
14. Bibliography 249
15. Index 275