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Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. This book explores the legal culture of the Parsis, or Zoroastrians, an ethnoreligious community unusually invested in the colonial legal system of British India and Burma. Rather than trying to maintain collective autonomy and integrity by avoiding interaction with the state, the Parsis sank deep into the colonial legal system itself. From the late eighteenth century until India s independence in 1947, they became heavy users of colonial law, acting as lawyers, judges, litigants, lobbyists, and legislators. They de-Anglicized the law that governed them and enshrined in law their own distinctive models of the family and community by two routes: frequent intragroup litigation often managed by Parsi legal professionals in the areas of marriage, inheritance, religious trusts, and libel, and the creation of legislation that would become Parsi personal law. Other South Asian communities also turned to law, but none seems to have done so earlier or in more pronounced ways than the Parsis. (jacket).…

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Fear of the False uncovers colonial South Asia's critical role in the development of forensic science. Around 1900, the government of British India created a web of institutions for the scientific detection of crime. Driven by anxieties about 'native mendacity', newly minted forensic analysts focused on uncovering faked evidence planted by South Asians. These experts, joining toxicologists known as 'chemical examiners', were supposed to extract objective, scientific truth in the service of British justice. But in trying to counteract the presumed tendency of colonized peoples to lie, the system enabled widespread misconduct by state experts, increasing the risk of wrongful convictions of South Asian defendants. Through scrupulously documented legal cases, Mitra Sharafi reveals that colonial dynamics put special pressure on the relationship between truth and justice. Examining falsity on both sides of the law through the use of testing to (mis)identify poisons, blood, and spermatozoa, as well as debates over adversarialism and inquisitorialism in the colonial courtroom, Fear of the False explores advances in forensic science and shortcuts in criminal procedure against the backdrop of colonial mistrust.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. This book explores the legal culture of the Parsis, or Zoroastrians, an ethnoreligious community unusually invested in the colonial legal system of British India and Burma. Rather than trying to maintain collective autonomy and integrity by avoiding interaction with the state, the Parsis sank deep into the colonial legal system itself. From the late eighteenth century until India's independence in 1947, they became heavy users of colonial law, acting as lawyers, judges, litigants, lobbyists, and legislators. They de-Anglicized the law that governed them and enshrined in law their own distinctive models of the family and community by two routes: frequent intra-group litigation often managed by Parsi legal professionals in the areas of marriage, inheritance, religious trusts, and libel, and the creation of legislation that would become Parsi personal law. Other South Asian communities also turned to law, but none seem to have done so earlier or in more pronounced ways than the Parsis.…

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Condition: New. This book explores the legal culture of the Parsis, an ethno-religious community unusually invested in the colonial legal system of British India and Burma. Series: Studies in Legal History. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FMB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; HRKZ; LNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 54. . 2018. Paperback. . . . . …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Fear of the False uncovers colonial South Asia's critical role in the development of forensic science. Around 1900, the government of British India created a web of institutions for the scientific detection of crime. Driven by anxieties about 'native mendacity,' newly minted forensic analysts focused on uncovering faked evidence planted by South Asians. These experts, joining toxicologists known as 'chemical examiners,' were supposed to extract objective, scientific truth in the service of British justice. But in trying to counteract the presumed tendency of colonized peoples to lie, the system enabled widespread misconduct by state experts, increasing the risk of wrongful convictions of South Asian defendants. Through scrupulously documented legal cases, Mitra Sharafi reveals that colonial dynamics put special pressure on the relationship between truth and justice. Examining falsity on both sides of the law through the use of testing to (mis)identify poisons, blood, and spermatozoa, as well as debates over adversarialism and inquisitorialism in the colonial courtroom, Fear of the False explores advances in forensic science and shortcuts in criminal procedure against the backdrop of colonial mistrust.Thanks to generous funding from the University of Wisconsin Law School, the Elektronisches Buch editions of this book are available as open access volumes through the Cornell Open initiative.…

Condition: very good. New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016. Hardcover. Dustjacket. xxiii, 343 pp. - This book explores the legal culture of the Parsis, or Zoroastrians, an ethnoreligious community unusually invested in the colonial legal system of British India and Burma. Rather than trying to maintain collective autonomy and integrity by avoiding interaction with the state, the Parsis sank deep into the colonial legal system itself. From the late eighteenth century until India's independence in 1947, they became heavy users of colonial law, acting as lawyers, judges, litigants, lobbyists, and legislators. They de-Anglicized the law that governed them and enshrined in law their own distinctive models of the family and community by two routes: frequent intra-group litigation often managed by Parsi legal professionals in the areas of marriage, inheritance, religious trusts, and libel, and the creation of legislation that would become Parsi personal law. Other South Asian communities also turned to law, but none seem to have done so earlier or in more pronounced ways than the Parsis. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9781107047976. Keywords : RECHT, Farsi law *2006-100 Islamic law.…

Condition: New. This book explores the legal culture of the Parsis, an ethno-religious community unusually invested in the colonial legal system of British India and Burma. Series: Studies in Legal History. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FMB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; HRKZ; LNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 54. . 2018. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. xxiii, 343 pages : Illustrations, map ; 23 cm Contents: Part I. Parsi Legal Culture Using law : colonial Parsis go to court Making law : two patterns Part II. The Creation of Parsi Personal Law The limits of English law : the Inheritance Acts Reconfiguring male privilege : the Matrimonial Acts The jury and intra-group control : the Parsi Chief Matrimonial Court Part III. Beyond Personal Law Entrusting the faith : religious trusts and the Parsi legal profession Pure Parsi : libel, race, and group membership Conclusion : law and identity.…

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