Trials of sovereignty : mercy, violence, and the making of criminal law in british india, 1857-1922 / Alastair McClure.
Trials of Sovereignty offers the first legal history of mercy and discretion in nineteenth and twentieth-century India. Through a study of large-scale amnesties, the prerogative powers of pardon, executive commutation, and judicial sentencing practices, Alastair McClure argues that discretion repres...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2024.
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| Series: | Studies in legal history.
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009553490 |
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