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Explore the complex history of legal discretion in British India with Trials of Sovereignty: Mercy, Violence, and the Making of Criminal Law in British India, 1857-1922. Published by Cambridge University Press, this scholarly work provides the first legal history focused on the use of mercy and discretion during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Alastair McClure examines how large-scale amnesties, executive commutation, and the prerogative powers of pardon functioned within the colonial system. The book analyzes how officials and judges used reduced sentences and pardons to manage a penal order and influence how subjects interacted with state institutions. This study offers a deep look into how mercy served as a contested tool of colonial rule and legitimacy.

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This book by Alastair McClure provides the first legal history of mercy and discretion in nineteenth and twentieth-century India.

Published by Cambridge University Press as part of the Studies in Legal History series.

The text examines the application of large-scale amnesties and the prerogative powers of pardon in British India.

Research covers judicial sentencing practices and executive commutation from 1857 to 1922.

The study explores how the colonial state used reduced sentences to establish legitimacy through state institutions.

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Brand: Cambridge University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1009553542
Category: Books > Subjects > Business, Finance & Law > Law
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 28 November 2024
Listed Since: 17 May 2024

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