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Trials of sovereignty : Mercy, violence, and the making of criminal law in British India, 1857–1922 / Alastair McClure
Series: Studies in Legal HistoryPublication details: London : Cambridge University Press, 2025.Description: xiii, 368 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781009553544 (hbk)
- 345.540902 MCC
Contents:
List of Figures and Tables -
Acknowledgements -
List of Abbreviations -
Introduction -
1. Forgetting War and Punishing Crime -
2. The Peace: The Queen's Proclamation and the Politics of Forgiveness -
3. The Code: Judges, Juries and Punishing Difference -
4. Discretion, the Death Penalty, and the Criminal Trial -
5. Pardons and Scaffolds -
6. Tilak's Radical Innocence: Mercy, Sedition, and the State Trial -
7. Gandhi's Guilt and the Return of War -
Conclusion -
Epilogue -
Select Bibliography -
Index.
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NLS | REFERENCE SECTION | 345.540902 MCC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | HB | Available | Recommended by Mr. Kunal Ambasta | 40410 |
List of Figures and Tables -
Acknowledgements -
List of Abbreviations -
Introduction -
1. Forgetting War and Punishing Crime -
2. The Peace: The Queen's Proclamation and the Politics of Forgiveness -
3. The Code: Judges, Juries and Punishing Difference -
4. Discretion, the Death Penalty, and the Criminal Trial -
5. Pardons and Scaffolds -
6. Tilak's Radical Innocence: Mercy, Sedition, and the State Trial -
7. Gandhi's Guilt and the Return of War -
Conclusion -
Epilogue -
Select Bibliography -
Index.