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Social legislation of the East India Company: public justice versus public instruction/ Nancy Gardner Cassels

By: Cassels, Nancy GardnerMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Delhi: SAGE, 2010Description: x, 447 pISBN: 9788132105152Subject(s): Social legislation | East India Company | Law--English influences | Legal polycentricity | Colonies--Law and legislationOnline resources: Click here to access online

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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 labourers -- 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 -- Conclusion : social legislation in the arena of public instruction versus public justice.

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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 labourers --
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 --
Conclusion : social legislation in the arena of public instruction versus public justice.

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