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Author Cassels, Nancy Gardner, 1936-

Title Social legislation of the East India Company : public justice versus public instruction / Nancy Gardner Cassels
Published New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 447 pages) : illustrations
Series SAGE law
SAGE law.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject East India Company.
SUBJECT East India Company fast
East India Company London gnd
East India Company (English) idszbz
Subject Social legislation -- India -- History -- 18th century
Social legislation -- India -- History -- 19th century
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Social legislation
Sozialrecht
Sozialrecht.
Kolonie.
Sociallagstiftning -- historia -- Indien -- 1700-talet -- 1800-talet.
India
Indien
Indien.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9788132106661
8132106660