Elizabeth Kolsky is an Assistant Professor of History at Villanova University. She is co-editor of Fringes of Empire: People, Power and Places on the Margins of Colonial India (2009), author of many articles, and contributor to numerous books.

'… this is an excellent book and a much-needed contribution to the historiography of British India.' The Journal of JRAS

• List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; 1. White peril: law and lawlessness in early colonial India; 2. Citizens, subjects and subjection to law: codification and the legal construction of racial difference; 3. 'Indian human nature': evidence, experts, and the elusive pursuit of truth; 4. 'One scale of justice for the planter and another for the coolie': law and violence on the Assam tea plantations; 5. 'A judicial scandal': the imperial conscience and the race against empire; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Elizabeth Kolsky is an Assistant Professor of History at Villanova University. She is co-editor of Fringes of Empire: People, Power and Places on the Margins of Colonial India (2009), author of many articles, and contributor to numerous books.

'… this is an excellent book and a much-needed contribution to the historiography of British India.' The Journal of JRAS

• List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; 1. White peril: law and lawlessness in early colonial India; 2. Citizens, subjects and subjection to law: codification and the legal construction of racial difference; 3. 'Indian human nature': evidence, experts, and the elusive pursuit of truth; 4. 'One scale of justice for the planter and another for the coolie': law and violence on the Assam tea plantations; 5. 'A judicial scandal': the imperial conscience and the race against empire; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Elizabeth Kolsky is an Assistant Professor of History at Villanova University. She is co-editor of Fringes of Empire: People, Power and Places on the Margins of Colonial India (2009), author of many articles, and contributor to numerous books.

'… this is an excellent book and a much-needed contribution to the historiography of British India.' The Journal of JRAS

• List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; 1. White peril: law and lawlessness in early colonial India; 2. Citizens, subjects and subjection to law: codification and the legal construction of racial difference; 3. 'Indian human nature': evidence, experts, and the elusive pursuit of truth; 4. 'One scale of justice for the planter and another for the coolie': law and violence on the Assam tea plantations; 5. 'A judicial scandal': the imperial conscience and the race against empire; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.