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020			_a813210515X
082			_a344.54 _bCAS
100			_aCassels, Nancy Gardner
245			_aSocial legislation of the East India company : public justice versus public instruction
260			_aNew Delhi _bSage Pubs. India Pvt. Ltd. _c2010
300			_ax,447,ip.
500			_aCONTENTS Acknowledgements ix Introduction 3 Introduction of English Law amidst Indian Laws and Customs 5 Venal Pandits' and Shastra Patronage 11 Criminal Law 16 Retreat from Codification 20 1. Law, Order and Power: Thagi, Dacoity and Sorcery 28 Thagi and Dacoity 28 Sorcery 71 Murder of Children for the Sake of Their Ornaments 80 Hook Swinging 82 Conclusion 82 2. Law as a Weapon against Child Sacrifice, Sati,Female Infanticide and Meriah Sacrifice 86 Child Sacrifice at Saugor Island 86 Sati 88 Female Infanticide 112 Meriah Sacrifice and Female Infanticide among the Konds 140 Conclusion 156 3. The Legal Rights of Coolies, Slaves and Emigrant Workers 165 Coolie Labour 167 Slavery 173 Emigrant Labour 209 Conclusion 234 4. Civil Law and the Policy of Religious Toleration 245 Temple Management 246 Religious Disabilities Removal Act, 1850 256 Remarriage of Hindu Widows 272 Hindu Wills 292 Adultery and Polygamy 293 5. Abkarry and Pilgrim Taxes: Excise as a Regulating Instrument 295 Opium Monopoly 298 Pilgrim Tax 319 Revenue or Regulation? 336 6. Public Instruction Begets Indian Agency, Free Press and Trial by Jury 338 Public Instruction 339 Indian Agency 354 Female Education 360 Emergence of a Free Press 364 Trial by jury 381 Judicial Oaths 391 Conclusion: Social Legislation in the Arena of Public Instruction versus Public Justice 395 Some Key Pieces of Social Legislation 404 Glossary 414 Bibliography 421 Index 439 About the Author 448
890			_aIndia
891			_aSchool of Planning, CEPT Uni.
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