Lawmaking in Dutch Sri Lanka : navigating pluralities in a colonial society /
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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[Leiden] :
Leiden University Press,
[2023]
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| Serie: | Colonial and global history through Dutch sources.
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv37367df |
Sommario:
- Introduction : conjecture and deliberation
- Building the Landraad
- Divided authority
- Facing the law
- Marshalling unseen forces
- Defining land rights
- On inheriting land
- Conclusion : revisiting colonial legal practice.