Social legislations of the East India company
Subtitle: public justice versus public instruction
By: Nancy Gardner Cassels
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Delhi; Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9788132105152
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Law, order and power : thagi, dacoity and sorcery; title: Law as a weapon against child sacrifice, sati, female infanticide and meriah sacrifice; title: The legal rights of coolies, slaves and emigrant labourers; title: Civil law and the policy of religious toleration; title: Abkarry and pilgrim taxes : excise as a regulating instrument; title: Public instruction begets Indian agency, free press, and trial by jury; title: Conclusion : social legislation in the arena of public instruction versus public justice.