Social legislation of the east India company: public justice versus public instruction/
Cassels, Nancy Gardner
Social legislation of the east India company: public justice versus public instruction/ Nancy Gardner Cassels - London: Sage, 2010. - x, 447 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - (Sage law) .
Law, order and power : thagi, dacoity and sorcery --
Law as a weapon against child sacrifice, sati, female infanticide and meriah sacrifice --
The legal rights of coolies, slaves and emigrant workers --
Civil law and the policy of religious toleration --
Abkarry and pilgrim taxes : excise as a regulating instrument --
Public instruction begets Indian agency, free press, and trial by jury.
9788132105152
Social legislation
East India Company
Law--English influences
Legal polycentricity
Colonies--Law and legislation
Law
344.54 / CAS/S
Social legislation of the east India company: public justice versus public instruction/ Nancy Gardner Cassels - London: Sage, 2010. - x, 447 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - (Sage law) .
Law, order and power : thagi, dacoity and sorcery --
Law as a weapon against child sacrifice, sati, female infanticide and meriah sacrifice --
The legal rights of coolies, slaves and emigrant workers --
Civil law and the policy of religious toleration --
Abkarry and pilgrim taxes : excise as a regulating instrument --
Public instruction begets Indian agency, free press, and trial by jury.
9788132105152
Social legislation
East India Company
Law--English influences
Legal polycentricity
Colonies--Law and legislation
Law
344.54 / CAS/S