A hitherto unattempted survey of social legislation by the East India 
Company, this book identifies the principles of Public Justice and 
Public Instruction as the inspiration for legislative decisions, some of
 which resonate in post-colonial India. It dwells particularly on 
legislation which manipulated Muslim criminal law in order to protect, 
and in some instances, create, the rights of women, slaves, bonded 
labourers and victims of crime. It also examines the Company's cautious 
venture into the realm of civil law affecting the ideals of religious 
toleration, remarriage of Hindu widows as well as inheritance and 
property law. Finally, it considers excise as a regulatory instrument in
 the Company's administration of Pilgrim Taxes and Abkarry revenue from 
liquor and opium.  <p>The book traces the journey of the 
small group of merchants, who initially formed the East India Company, 
and while enviously guarding their sometimes piratical commercial 
interests, actually became a burgeoning nation state. It shows how...</p>

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