Book contents
- Half title page
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contents
- Book part
- Glossary
- Additional material
- Introduction
- Part I Discoveries and adaptations
- 1 The rise and fall of the panchayat in the Bombay Presidency
- 2 Bringing justice to every man’s door
- 3 Appeals and the language of petitioning
- 4 The construction of panchayat legality
- 5 The panchayat and trial by jury, I
- 6 The panchayat and trial by jury, II
- 7 The panchayat debate in the Bengal Presidency, 1814–1830
- Part II Lineages and legacies
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Manuscript Sources
- Bibliography
- Index
- Books in the Series
4 - The construction of panchayat legality
from Part I - Discoveries and adaptations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
- Half title page
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contents
- Book part
- Glossary
- Additional material
- Introduction
- Part I Discoveries and adaptations
- 1 The rise and fall of the panchayat in the Bombay Presidency
- 2 Bringing justice to every man’s door
- 3 Appeals and the language of petitioning
- 4 The construction of panchayat legality
- 5 The panchayat and trial by jury, I
- 6 The panchayat and trial by jury, II
- 7 The panchayat debate in the Bengal Presidency, 1814–1830
- Part II Lineages and legacies
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Manuscript Sources
- Bibliography
- Index
- Books in the Series
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Ironies of Colonial GovernanceLaw, Custom and Justice in Colonial India, pp. 102 - 127Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015