Law and imperialism
Subtitle: criminality and constitution in colonial India and Victorian England
By: by Preeti Nijhar
Series: Empires in perspective -- no. 10
Publisher: Pickering & Chatto
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; Brookfield, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781851966394; 9781851966745
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice; Colonies; Criminal law; Constitutional law; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-212) and index.
Table of contents: title: Imperial miasma; title: Theory and the construction of unequal colonial identities; title: Imagery and law in the creation of identities; title: Scientific racism and the constitution of difference; title: The 'ethic' as a component of the 'criminal' class; title: Imposing colonial legal identities in India; title: Constructing the Sansi as a 'criminal' class; title: Imperial reflections : a compelling insistence.