Law and Imperialism : Criminality and Constitution in Colonial India and Victorian England.
Nijhar, Preeti.
Law and Imperialism : Criminality and Constitution in Colonial India and Victorian England. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (229 pages) - Empires in Perspective Series . - Empires in Perspective Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1 Imperial Miasma -- 2 Theory and the Construction of Unequal Colonial Identities -- 3 Imagery and Law in the Creation of Identities -- 4 Scientific Racism and the Constitution of Difference -- 5 The 'Ethnic' as a Component of the 'Criminal' Class -- 6 Imposing Colonial Legal Identities in India -- 7 Constructing the Sansi as a 'Criminal' Class -- 8 Imperial Reflections: A Compelling Insistence -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
Laws that were imposed by colonizers were as much an attempt to confirm their own identity as to control the more dangerous elements of a potentially unruly populace. This title uses material from both British Parliamentary Papers and colonial archive material to provide evidence of legal change and response.
9781317316008
Constitutional law--Great Britain--Colonies.
Electronic books.
KNS3800 .N554 2016
364.95409034
Law and Imperialism : Criminality and Constitution in Colonial India and Victorian England. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (229 pages) - Empires in Perspective Series . - Empires in Perspective Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1 Imperial Miasma -- 2 Theory and the Construction of Unequal Colonial Identities -- 3 Imagery and Law in the Creation of Identities -- 4 Scientific Racism and the Constitution of Difference -- 5 The 'Ethnic' as a Component of the 'Criminal' Class -- 6 Imposing Colonial Legal Identities in India -- 7 Constructing the Sansi as a 'Criminal' Class -- 8 Imperial Reflections: A Compelling Insistence -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
Laws that were imposed by colonizers were as much an attempt to confirm their own identity as to control the more dangerous elements of a potentially unruly populace. This title uses material from both British Parliamentary Papers and colonial archive material to provide evidence of legal change and response.
9781317316008
Constitutional law--Great Britain--Colonies.
Electronic books.
KNS3800 .N554 2016
364.95409034