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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jaffe, James Alan, 1954- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in law and society.

Cambridge studies in law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice, Administration of--India--History--19th century.

Justice, Administration of.

Panchayat--India--History--19th century.

Panchayat.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 315 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 during the early nineteenth century, it analyses the legacies of these actions within the structures of later colonial administrations as well as the early nationalist movement. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which the ideologies of panchayat governance evolved during this period and to the transnational exchange and circulation of panchayat ideologies.

Contents:

Introduction

The Rise and Fall of the Panchayat in the Bombay Presidency

Bringing Justice to Every Man's Door

Appeals and the Language of Petitioning

The Construction of Panchayat Legality

The Panchayat and Trial by Jury, I : The Civil Trial

The Panchayat and Trial by Jury, II : Military and Criminal Justice

The Panchayat Debate in the Bengal Presidency, 1814-1830

The Panchayat from Village Republic to Municipality

The Panchayat and the Building of Civil Society

The Panchayat Legacy and the independence movement

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-28944-3

1-316-31010-8

1-316-32348-X

1-316-32682-9

1-316-33016-8

1-107-45820-X

1-316-10439-7

1-316-32012-X

1-316-33350-7