The Jurisprudence of emergency : colonialism and the rule of law / Nasser Hussain.

Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press, c2003.

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War and emergency legislation.

Sovereignty.

Rule Of Law.

Colonies -- Law and legislation.

1. Introduction: the historical and theoretical background

2. The colonial concept of law

3. The "Writ of Liberty" in a regime of conquest: habeas corpus and the colonial judicary

4. Martial law and massacre: violence and the limit

Conclusion: A postcolonial postscript

Appendix A: The administrative structure of justice in British India

Appendix B: The history of nineteenth-century legal codification in British India

Notes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

0472113283

ix, 194 p.