Iterations of Law: Legal Histories from India

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This volume reflects a recent transformation of the concerns of social scientists regarding the legal history of South Asia. While, earlier, historians looked at the results rather than the performance of law, the concerns later shifted to unravelling the socioeconomic and political contexts that shaped law-making and its practice. Iterations of Law advances these new perspectives on legal history from South Asia. Going beyond an area studies rubric to critically engage with recent work in colonial and transnational legal history, the essays in this volume utilize both archival and everyday records to interrogate the relationship between the discipline of history and the institution of law. The contributors to this volume include both young and established scholars who address the enacted and performative aspects of law that illuminate how rights are inscribed into a hierarchical order, a process that is often elided and fragmented by jurisdictional contexts. Their essays focus on complex moments in the life of the law when rights or claims simultaneously inaugurate a new economy of power and authority. Through these chapters, it becomes possible to interrogate the framing of legal regimes 'from below' and treat the law as a process that entails constant exchange, conflict, and adjustment between the rulers and the governed. oso-9780199477791-miscMatter-1 Title Pages Aparna Balachandran, Rashmi Pant, and Bhavani Raman Title Pages Aparna Balachandran Rashmi Pant Bhavani Raman (p.i) Iterations of Law (p.ii) (p.iii) Iterations of Law Title Pages oso-9780199477791-miscMatter-5 (p.vii) Acknowledgements Aparna Balachandran, Rashmi Pant, and Bhavani Raman (p.vii) Acknowledgements Aparna Balachandran Rashmi Pant Bhavani Raman (p.vii) Acknowledgements oso-9780199477791-chapter-1 Introduction Aparna Balachandran, Rashmi Pant, and Bhavani Raman Introduction Iterations of Law: Legal History from India Aparna Balachandran Rashmi Pant Bhavani Raman Abstract and Keywords Introduction Legal History and Legal Studies in South Asia Introduction Law and Convention Introduction Introduction Law and Violence Introduction (p.11) Law and Inscription Introduction Introduction Law and Fiscalism Legal History and Historicity of Law Notes: Introduction Introduction Introduction Introduction Introduction oso-9780199477791-chapter-2 The Life of Law in Modern India Aparna Balachandran, Rashmi Pant, and Bhavani Raman The Life of Law in Modern India A Present History of the Matha Court Janaki Nair Abstract and Keywords The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India The Limits of Legal Pluralism The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India Antecedents: Patrolling the Boundaries of Community The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India State Law and Reconstituted Legality The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India The Performance of Moral Authority The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India Mediating Politics: The Uses of Moral Authority The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India Regulating Capitalism: Mediating Mining, Transport, and Farmer Interests The Life of Law in Modern India The Limits of Moral Authority Dealing with Ostracism The Life of Law in Modern India (p.46) Entering the Private Domain: Gender, Sexuality, and Desire The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India Shuttling between Nyaya Peetha and State Legality The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India Notes: The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India The Life of Law in Modern India oso-9780199477791-chapter-3 Speaking in Multiple Registers Aparna Balachandran, Rashmi Pant, and Bhavani Raman Speaking in Multiple Registers Property and the Narrative of Care Rashmi Pant Abstract and Keywords Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers Setting the Discursive Field Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers (p.67) Claims against Parvarish Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers Recovering a Lost Custom Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers Notes: Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers Speaking in Multiple Registers oso-9780199477791-chapter-4 Violence and the Languages of Law Aparna Balachandran, Rashmi Pant, and Bhavani Raman Violence and the Languages of Law Neeladri Bhattacharya Abstract and Keywords Incident 1 Violence and the Languages of Law Incident 2 Violence and the Languages of Law Incident 3 Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Notes: Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law Violence and the Languages of Law oso-9780199477791-chapter-5 Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Aparna Balachandran, Rashmi Pant, and Bhavani Raman Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Bhavani Raman Abstract and Keywords Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Jurisdictions and the Zoning of Wayanad Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Martial Law, Military Jurisdiction: Colonial Lessons Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Law in Times of Counter-insurgency (p.135) Fragmentation of Law in Wayanad Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Treason Law and Special Commissions: The Hidden History of Courts-Martial Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Notes: Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Law in Times of Counter-insurgency Law in Times of Counter-insurgency oso-9780199477791-chapter-6 Petition Town Aparna Balachandran, Rashmi Pant, and Bhavani Raman Petition Town Law, Custom, and Urban Space in Colonial South India Aparna Balachandran Abstract and Keywords Petition Town Petition Town Petition Town Legal Pluralism and Early Modern Empires: The Case of Madras Petition Town Petition Town Petition Town Evidence, Documents and Forums of Law Petition Town Petition Town Petition Town Petition Town Petitioners’ Voices and towards a Conclusion Petition Town Petition Town Notes: Petition Town Petition Town Petition Town Petition Town oso-9780199477791-chapter-7 ‘To Mount or Not to Mount?’ Aparna Balachandran, Rashmi Pant, and Bhavani Raman ‘To Mount or Not to Mount?’ Court Records and Law Making in Early Modern Rajasthan1 Nandita Sahai Abstract and Keywords ‘To Mount or Not to Mount?’ ‘To Mount or Not to Mount?’ ‘To Mount or Not to Mount?’ ‘To Mount or Not to Mount?’ ‘To Mount or Not to Mount?’ Documentary Culture in Eighteenth-Century Rajasthan ‘To Mount or Not to Mount?’ ‘To Mount or Not to Mount?’ From Orality, Religious Trials (Dhij) to Written Evidence ‘To Mount or Not to Mount?’ ‘To Mount or Not to Mount?’ ‘To Mount or Not to Mount?’ ‘A Literate Mentality’ ‘To Mount or Not to Mount?’ ‘To Mount or Not to Mount?’ Notes: ‘To Mount or Not to Mount?’ ‘To Mount or Not to Mount?’ ‘To Mount or Not to Mount?’ oso-9780199477791-chapter-8 Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay Aparna Balachandran, Rashmi Pant, and Bhavani Raman Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay Philip J. Stern Abstract and Keywords Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay Petitions and the Public Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay When Petitions Fail Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay Petitions and the Making of the State Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay Notes: Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay Power, Petitions, and the ‘Povo’ in Early English Bombay oso-9780199477791-chapter-9 Of Truth and Taxes Aparna Balachandran, Rashmi Pant, and Bhavani Raman Of Truth and Taxes A Material History of Early Stamp’t Paper Shrimoyee Ghosh Abstract and Keywords The Stamp Paper as Documentary Artefact Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes The Kacheri and the Bazaar Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes (p.225) The Material Form of Early Stamp’t Paper Of Truth and Taxes Inscription Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes Blankness Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes Circulation Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes Notes: Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes Of Truth and Taxes oso-9780199477791-chapter-10 Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Aparna Balachandran, Rashmi Pant, and Bhavani Raman Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Eleanor Newbigin Abstract and Keywords Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India War, Taxation, and the Changing Economic Order Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Nationalizing Indian Income Tax Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Family and Income Tax Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India (p.262) Redefining Family Income: The Gains of Learning Act (Act 30 of 1930) Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India The Possibility of an Indian Family? Women’s Property Rights and Income Tax under the 1935 Government of India Act Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Notes: Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India Public Finance and Personal Law in Late Colonial India oso-9780199477791-bibliography-1 (p.275) Bibliography Aparna Balachandran, Rashmi Pant, and Bhavani Raman (p.275) Bibliography Aparna Balachandran Rashmi Pant Bhavani Raman (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography (p.275) Bibliography oso-9780199477791-miscMatter-6 (p.294) Notes on Editors and Contributors Aparna Balachandran, Rashmi Pant, and Bhavani Raman (p.294) Notes on Editors and Contributors Aparna Balachandran Rashmi Pant Bhavani Raman Editors Contributors (p.294) Notes on Editors and Contributors oso-9780199477791-indexList-1 (p.296) Index Aparna Balachandran, Rashmi Pant, and Bhavani Raman (p.296) Index (p.296) Index (p.296) Index (p.296) Index (p.296) Index (p.296) Index (p.296) Index (p.296) Index (p.296) Index