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From Indian Status to British Contract

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One of the first problems confronting a colonial power after establishing de facto or de jure sovereignty over a new territory is to set up procedures for settling disputes arising within the dominated society, and to establish a whole range of rights in relation to property and obligations of individuals and groups to one another and to the state.

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  • Cohn, Bernard S., 1961. "From Indian Status to British Contract," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 21(4), pages 613-628, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:21:y:1961:i:04:p:613-628_10
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    1. Leigh Denault, 2009. "Partition and the politics of the joint family in nineteenth-century north India," The Indian Economic & Social History Review, , vol. 46(1), pages 27-55, January.
    2. Shilpi Kapur & Sukkoo Kim, 2006. "British Colonial Institutions and Economic Development in India," NBER Working Papers 12613, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Anand Swamy, 2010. "Land and Law in Colonial India," Department of Economics Working Papers 2011-01, Department of Economics, Williams College.
    4. Kranton, Rachel E. & Swamy, Anand V., 1999. "The hazards of piecemeal reform: british civil courts and the credit market in colonial India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 58(1), pages 1-24, February.

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