The ironies of colonial governance : law, custom, and justice in colonial India / James Jaffe.

The Indian village council, or panchayat, has long held an iconic place in India. Ironies of Colonial Governance traces the history of that ideal and the attempts to adapt it to colonial governance. Beginning with an in-depth analysis of British attempts to introduce a system of panchayat governance...

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Main Author: Jaffe, James Alan, 1954- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Series:Cambridge studies in law and society.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316104392
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