The Administration of Hindu Law by the British

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ID2106444
AuthorsJ Duncan M Derrett (corresponding author)
Year1961
Volume4
Issue1
Pages10-52
Publication date1961-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueComparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0010417500001213
OpenAlexW2024065956
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited9

The British nation is proud of having administered justice to oriental peoples with impartiality and integrity, conscious of the Roman example. These qualities were thought to have been lacking before the British period, and to the extent to which British standards are respected since British rule ceased that heritage is usually considered a ground for pride. Anthropologists have raised, indeed, some doubts. These would have astonished those who introduced British techniques during the critical periods. To them it was self-evident that the strides made in English constitutional history, for example that towards the 'Rule of Law', should redound to the advantage of dependent peoples; it was unthinkable that Britons should communicate less than they themselves had acquired. That they might be doing 'harm' thereby never occurred to them; and indeed it is far from established that they did. It is possible now, however, to take an objective view, and, without passing premature judgments, to observe closely what happened in a country where the process was uniquely difficult: and to see the immediate results of the process

Administration (probate law) · Aesthetics · Economic Justice · Harm · Hinduism · Impartiality · Period (music) · Political science · Pride · Rule of law · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · History · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Philosophy · Religious studies · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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