Rule of Law and Emergency in Colonial India

Judicial Politics in the Early Nineteenth Century

AvHaruki Inagaki

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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This book takes a closer look at colonial despotism in early nineteenth-century India and argues that it resulted from Indians’ forum shopping, the legal practice which resulted in jurisdictional jockeying between an executive, the East India Company, and a judiciary, the King’s Court.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-10-10
Mått:148 x 210 x 16 mm
Vikt:378 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
Antal sidor:182
Upplaga:21001
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030736620

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Haruki Inagaki is Associate Professor at Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan, having previously studied at King’s College London, UK. His research focuses on the history of British colonial rule in India. He is also interested in the comparative history of British and Japanese empires.

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1. Law and Emergency: Two Logics of Colonial Governance.- 2. Reform Public and the King’s Court in Bombay City.- 3. Summonses, Writs, and Revenue Defaulters in the Mofussil.- 4. Indirect Rule Threatened by Raiders, Princes, and the King’s Court.- 5. Habeas Corpus in Times of Emergency: The Bombay Dispute.- 6. Bengal, Madras, and Imperial Debate on Despotism.- 7. Epilogue and Conclusion.