Cassels, Nancy Gardner <br/><br/>
Social legislation of the East India Company: public justice versus public instruction/ 
Nancy Gardner Cassels 
 - Delhi:  SAGE,  2010. 
 - x, 447 p. 
<br/><br/>Law, order and power : thagi, dacoity and sorcery --<br/>Law as a weapon against child sacrifice, sati, female infanticide and meriah sacrifice --<br/>The legal rights of coolies, slaves and emigrant labourers --<br/>Civil law and the policy of religious toleration --<br/>Abkarry and pilgrim taxes : excise as a regulating instrument --<br/>Public instruction begets Indian agency, free press, and trial by jury --<br/>Conclusion : social legislation in the arena of public instruction versus public justice. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9788132105152 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social legislation<br/>East India Company<br/>Law--English influences<br/>Legal polycentricity<br/>Colonies--Law and legislation