Alastair McClure

Gebundenes Buch

Trials of Sovereignty

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Alastair McClure is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Hong Kong. His research has appeared in History Workshop Journal, Law and History Review, and Modern Asian Studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 776g
• ISBN-13: 9781009553544
• ISBN-10: 1009553542
• Artikelnr.: 70728033