Law and the Colonial State in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20063874 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bernard S Cohn, Bernard Cohn (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 131-152 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | History and Power in the Study of Law (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.7591/9781501723322-008 |
| OpenAlex | W2827899980 |
| ISBN | 9781501723322 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 1 |
In the second half of the eighteenth century, the East India Company had to create a state through which it could administer the rapidly expanding territories acquired by conquest or accession. The invention of such a state was without precedent in British constitutional history. The British colonies in North America and the Caribbean had from their inception forms of governance that were largely an extension of the basic political and legal institutions of Great Britain. The colonizing popula tions, even when drawn from dissident political and religious groups in Great Britain, still were thought of as English or British. The laws of these colonies were the laws of Great Britain
Algorithm · Ancient history · Colonialism · Political science · Asian Studies and History · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Computer Science · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1991 - 2021 (31) |
| Highly cited | No |