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Social Legislation of the East India Company - Public Justice versus Public Instruction (Paperback)
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Social Legislation of the East India Company - Public Justice versus Public Instruction (Paperback)
Series: Sage Law
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A hitherto unattempted survey of social legislation by the East
India Company, this book identifies the principles of Public
Justice and Public Instruction as the inspiration for legislative
decisions, some of which resonate in post-colonial India. It dwells
particularly on legislation which manipulated Muslim criminal law
in order to protect, and in some instances, create, the rights of
women, slaves, bonded labourers and victims of crime. It also
examines the Company's cautious venture into the realm of civil law
affecting the ideals of religious toleration, remarriage of Hindu
widows as well as inheritance and property law. Finally, it
considers excise as a regulatory instrument in the Company's
administration of Pilgrim Taxes and Abkarry revenue from liquor and
opium. The book traces the journey of the small group of merchants,
who initially formed the East India Company, and while enviously
guarding their sometimes piratical commercial interests, actually
became a burgeoning nation state. It shows how...
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