| Description |
1 online resource (x, 447 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
SAGE law
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SAGE law.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
A hitherto unattempted survey of social legislation by the East India Company, this book identifies the principles of Public Justice and Public Instruction as the inspiration for legislative decisions, some of which resonate in post-colonial India. It dwells particularly on legislation which manipulated Muslim criminal law in order to protect, and in some instances, create, the rights of women, slaves, bonded labourers and victims of crime. It also examines the Company's cautious venture into the realm of civil law affecting the ideals of religious toleration, remarriage of Hindu widows as wel. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
East India Company.
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East India Company. |
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Social legislation -- India -- History -- 18th century.
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Social legislation. |
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India. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Social legislation -- India -- History -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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1700-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- History.
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History.
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Electronic books -- History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cassels, Nancy Gardner, 1936- Social legislation of the East India Company. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2010 9788132105152 (DLC) 2010040014 (OCoLC)648102311 |
| ISBN |
9788132106661 (electronic book) |
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8132106660 (electronic book) |
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9788132105152 |
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813210515X |
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