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040 _aMAIN
041 _aEnglish
082 _a344.5401
_bCAS/SOC
100 _aCassels, Nancy Gardner
245 _aSocial legislation of the east India company :
_bpublic justice versus public instruction
_cby Nancy Gardner Cassels.
260 _aNew Delhi :
_bSage Publication,
_c2010.
300 _a447 p.
500 _aTable 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.
650 _aMiscellany.
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