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Author Rupesinghe, Nadeera, author.

Title Lawmaking in Dutch Sri Lanka : navigating pluralities in a colonial society / Nadeera Rupesinghe
Published [Leiden] : Leiden University Press, [2023]
©2023

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white)
Series Colonial and global history through Dutch sources
Colonial and global history through Dutch sources.
Contents Introduction : conjecture and deliberation -- Building the Landraad -- Divided authority -- Facing the law -- Marshalling unseen forces -- Defining land rights -- On inheriting land -- Conclusion : revisiting colonial legal practice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 07, 2023)
Subject Law -- Sri Lanka -- History -- 17th century
Law -- Sri Lanka -- History -- 18th century
Sociological jurisprudence -- Sri Lanka -- History -- 17th century
Sociological jurisprudence -- Sri Lanka -- History -- 18th century
Sri Lanka.
koloniale geschiedenis ; Nederland.
recht ; geschiedenis.
Law
Sociological jurisprudence
SUBJECT Sri Lanka -- History -- 1505-1948. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85127137
Subject Sri Lanka
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789400604247
9400604246