Cassels, Nancy Gardner

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.

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