Law, Disorder and the Colonial State

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Law, Disorder and the Colonial State is written by J. Saha and published by Palgrave Macmillan. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0230358276 (ISBN 10) and 9780230358270 (ISBN 13).

In this original study British rule in Burma is examined through quotidian acts of corruption. Saha outlines a novel way to study the colonial state as it was experienced in everyday life, revealing a complex world of state practices where legality and illegality were inseparable: the informal world upon which formal colonial power rested.