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Trials of Sovereignty: Mercy, Violence, and the Making of Criminal Law in British India, 1857–1922 - Studies in Legal History McClure, Alastair (The University of Hong Kong)
Trials of Sovereignty: Mercy, Violence, and the Making of Criminal Law in British India, 1857–1922 - Studies in Legal History
McClure, Alastair (The University of Hong Kong)
Trials of Sovereignty offers the first legal history of mercy and discretion in nineteenth and twentieth-century India. Key chapters examine royal amnesty, codification, capital punishment, and sedition. It will benefit students and scholars interested in legal history, South Asian studies, criminology, and imperial history.
288 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 28, 2024 |
| ISBN13 | 9781009553544 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 386 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 734 g |
| Language | English |