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CUSTOM, IDENTITY, AND THE JURY IN INDIA, 1800–1832.
- Source :
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Historical Journal . Mar2014, Vol. 57 Issue 1, p131-155. 25p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- This article analyses the reception and understanding of the Indian village council (panchayat) among East India Company officials, British politicians, and Indian intellectuals during the first third of the nineteenth century. One of the several ways in which the panchayat was imagined was as an institution analogous to the English jury. As such, the panchayat took on significant meaning, especially for those influenced by the Scottish Orientalist tradition and who were serving in India. The issue became especially salient during the 1820s and 1830s as the jury system was debated and reformed in England. In this context, there was a transnational interplay of both ideas and policies that shaped both Company rule in India as well as the first generation of Indian nationalists. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0018246X
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Historical Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 94127389
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X13000435