The Court of Wards in a princely state: Bank robber or babysitter?

Article Abstract:

Court of Wards, originally created in Tudor England, was later brought to India by the East India Company with an aim to shelter child heirs and their estates, eventually returning heir and estate to autonomy when ruling age was reached. The use of Court of Wards in the 'other India' that of the princely states, and how this administrative unit became adopted and adapted to some of India's 560 princely states, is investigated.

England, Decedents' estates, Kings and rulers, Royal succession

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From land to the tiller to land liberalization: the political economy of Gujarat's shifting land policy

Article Abstract:

The article tracing the shift in Gujarat's land policy from ideas of land to the tiller to those of land deregulation and liberalization, and investigating the shifting land policy from the time of independence within the context of changing socio-economic and political dynamics is presented.

Land use, Land reform, Gujarat, India (State)

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Beyond Colonial Law: indigenous litigation and the contestation of property in the Mayor's Court in late eighteenth-century Madras

Article Abstract:

An analysis of the litigation in the Mayor's Court in the 1780s is presented. It includes analysis of the way in which indigenous agents availed themselves of the court.

Company legal issue, Cases, Mayors, Actions and defenses, Litigation, Lawsuit/litigation, Chennai, India, License lawsuit, Actions and defences, Colonial administrators

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