Social legislation of the east India company : public justice versus public instruction
by Nancy Gardner Cassels.
- New Delhi : Sage Publication, 2010.
- 447 p.
Table of contents: Chapter 1. Law, order and power : thagi, dacoity and sorcery Chapter 2. Law as a weapon against child sacrifice, sati, female infanticide and meriah sacrifice Chapter 3. The legal rights of coolies, slaves and emigrant labourers Chapter 4. Civil law and the policy of religious toleration Chapter 5. Abkarry and pilgrim taxes : excise as a regulating instrument Chapter 6. Public instruction begets Indian agency, free press, and trial by jury Chapter 7. Conclusion : social legislation in the arena of public instruction versus public justice.