TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cassels, Nancy Gardner
TI  - Social legislations of the East India company: public justice versus public instruction 
SN  - 9788132105152
U1  - 344.54 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New Delhi 
PB  - SAGE Publications
KW  - East India Company
KW  - Social legislation
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - India
KW  - 19th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Law, order and power : thagi, dacoity and sorcery -- Law as a weapon against child sacrifice, sati, female infanticide and meriah sacrifice -- The legal rights of coolies, slaves and emigrant labourers -- Civil law and the policy of religious toleration -- Abkarry and pilgrim taxes : excise as a regulating instrument -- Public instruction begets Indian agency, free press, and trial by jury -- Conclusion : social legislation in the arena of public instruction versus public justice
ER  -