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Law and Identity in Colonial South Asia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2018

Bhavani Raman
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Abstract

This essay articulates the contributions of Mitra Sharafi's study of Parsi legal culture to colonial legal studies. Situated at the intersection of the literature on legal pluralism and legal institutions, Law and Identity in Colonial South Asia: Parsi Legal Culture, 1772–1947 (2014) uses a range of new legal sources and case law to recover a remarkable history of collective identity that emerged via the medium and infrastructure of law. The Parsis' active participation in colonial legal institutions not only reshaped their normative worlds but also de-anglicized imperial law.

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Review Essay
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Law & Social Inquiry , Volume 42 , Issue 4 , Fall 2017 , pp. 1210 - 1214
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Copyright © American Bar Foundation, 2017 

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