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Iterations of Law :

Iterations of Law : Legal Histories From India / edited by Aparna Balachandran, Rashmi Pant, Bhavani Raman. - First edition. - viii, 302 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-293) and index.

Content:
Introduction: Iterations of law : legal history from India / Aparna Balachandran, Bhavani Raman, and Rashmi Pant
The life of law in modern India : a present history of the Martha court / Janaki Nair
Speaking in multiple registers : property and the narrative of care / Rashmi Pant
Violence and the language of law / Neeladri Bhattacharya
Law in times of counter-insurgency / Bhavani Raman
Petition town : law, custom, and urban space in colonial South India / Aparna Balachandran
'To mount or not to mount?' : court records and law making in early modern Rajasthan / Nandita Sahai
Power, petitions, and the 'povo' in early English Bombay / Philip J. Stern
Of truth and taxes : a material history of early stamp't paper / Shrimoyee Ghosh
Public finance and personal law in late colonial India / Eleanor Newbigin.

9780199477791 (hardback) 0199477795 (hardback)

2017478365


Law--Social aspects--History--India--Congresses.

KNS120 / .T45 2018

340.9 BAL