Title: Sovereignty, custom and natural law: the Calcutta Supreme Court, 1774–1781
Abstract:Party disputes on the Supreme Council were not the only destabilizing legacy of Lord North's Regulating Act of 1773. The act also created a new royal court of justice in Calcutta, ‘the Supreme Court o...Party disputes on the Supreme Council were not the only destabilizing legacy of Lord North's Regulating Act of 1773. The act also created a new royal court of justice in Calcutta, ‘the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal’, and the early history of the court was marked by bitter struggles between the judges and the Company government. Disputes over the jurisdiction of the court generated major debates about the scope of English law in India, the constitutional definition of the Company government, and the nature of Indian legal tradition and practice. In the process, the Company's claims to govern according to the ancient constitution of the country were subjected to new levels of scrutiny.Read More
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-04-19
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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