Social legislation of the East India Company public justice versus public instruction

Cassels, Nancy Gardner 1936-

Social legislation of the East India Company public justice versus public instruction - New Delhi Sage 2010 - x,447p. ill. ; 23 cm. - SAGE law .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-438) and index.

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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East India Company.


Social legislation--History--India--18th century.
Social legislation--History--India--19th century.

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