The Jurisprudence of Emergency: Colonialism and the Rule of Law

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Chapter 1. Introduction: The Historical and Theoretical Background 1 Chapter 2. The Colonial Concept of Law 35 Chapter 3. The “Writ of Liberty” in a Regime of Conquest: Habeas Corpus and the Colonial Judiciary 69 Chapter 4. Martial Law and Massacre: Violence and the Limit 99 Conclusion A Postcolonial Postscript 133 Appendix A The Administrative Structure of Justice in British India 145 Appendix B The History of Nineteenth-Century Legal Codification in British India 149 Notes 153 Bibliography 175 Index 185 ...