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Preeti Nijhar
Law and Imperialism [PDF ebook]
Criminality and Constitution in Colonial India and Victorian England

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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.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 256 ● ISBN 9781317316008 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4564011 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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