From Indian Status to British Contract*

Bernard S. Cohn

The Journal of Economic History, 1961, vol. 21, issue 4, 613-628

Abstract: One of the first problems confronting a colonial power after establishing de facto or de jure sovereignty over a new territory is to set up procedures for settling disputes arising within the dominated society, and to establish a whole range of rights in relation to property and obligations of individuals and groups to one another and to the state.

Date: 1961
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