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Colonial justice in British India
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Title
Colonial justice in British India / Elizabeth Kolsky.
ISBN
9780521116862
0521116864
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Physical Description
xi, 252 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 22, 2010
Series
Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 17
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-247) and index.
Contents
White peril : law and lawlessness in early colonial India
Citizens, subjects, and subjection to law : codification and the legal construction of racial differences
Indian human nature : evidence, experts, and the elusive pursuit of truth
One scale of justice for the planter and another for the coolie : law and violence on the Assam tea plantations
A judicial scandal : the imperial conscience and the race against empire.
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