TY - BOOK AU - Cassels, Nancy Gardner TI - Social legislation of the east India company: public justice versus public instruction SN - 9788132105152 U1 - 344.54 PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - Sage KW - Social legislation KW - East India Company KW - Law--English influences KW - Legal polycentricity KW - Colonies--Law and legislation KW - Law N1 - 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 workers -- 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 ER -