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.

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Social legislation
East India Company
Law--English influences
Legal polycentricity
Colonies--Law and legislation
Law

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