criminality and constitution in colonial India and Victorian England /
by Preeti Nijhar
Brookfield, Vt. :
Pickering & Chatto,
2009
220 pages ;
25 cm
Empires in perspective ;
no. 10
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-212) and index
Imperial miasma -- Theory and the construction of unequal colonial identities -- Imagery and law in the creation of identities -- Scientific racism and the constitution of difference -- The 'ethic' as a component of the 'criminal' class -- Imposing colonial legal identities in India -- Constructing the Sansi as a 'criminal' class -- Imperial reflections : a compelling insistence
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Constitutional law-- Great Britain-- Colonies
Criminal justice, Administration of-- Social aspects-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century
Criminal justice, Administration of-- Social aspects-- India-- History-- 19th century
Criminal law-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century