The Administration of Justice in British India; Its Past History

Book Description

1858. Morley, William H. [1815-1816]. The Administration of Justice in British India; Its Past History and Present State: Comprising an Account of the Laws Peculiar to India. London: Williams and Norgate 1858. viii, 31, 357 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 10"). Contemporary cloth, blind frames to boards, rebacked, printed paper label to spine, hinges mended. Some rubbing to board edges and corners, internally clean. Ex-library. Small inkstamp to title page. * Only edition. As Morley notes in his introduction, this important treatise was published during an important moment in India's history. This was the Indian Rebellion of 1857, which brought about the end of the East India Company's rule in India and led to direct rule by the British government (British Raj) of much of the Indian subcontinent for the next 90 years. Morley was a distinguished jurist and scholar of Indian culture. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) II:152.

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