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Ironies of colonial governance : law, custom and justice in colonial India /
"This book concerns several discussions, discussions that took place first among British officers and officials serving in India or residing in London and then among Indian nationalists. The discussions concerned the nature and function of the Indian village council - the panchayat - its place...
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Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| coleção: | Cambridge studies in law and society
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| Acesso em linha: | https://books.google.co.in/books?id=SfoGBwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+ironies+of+colonial+governance&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWvv2E4uXWAhUOTo8KHev_Dx4Q6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=the%20ironies%20of%20colonial%20governance&f=false |
Sumário:
- Introduction
- The Rise and Fall of the Panchayat in the Bombay Presidency
- Bringing Justice to Every Man's Door
- Appeals and the Language of Petitioning
- The Construction of Panchayat Legality
- The Panchayat and Trial by Jury, I : The Civil Trial
- The Panchayat and Trial by Jury, II : Military and Criminal Justice
- The Panchayat Debate in the Bengal Presidency, 1814-1830
- The Panchayat from Village Republic to Municipality
- The Panchayat and the Building of Civil Society
- The Panchayat Legacy
- Conclusion.