1st Edition
Resisting the Rule of Law in Nineteenth-Century Ceylon Colonialism and the Negotiation of Bureaucratic Boundaries
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Glossary of Terms
Part 1. Introduction
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Criminological Theories and the "Men on the Spot"
Part 2. The Police and the Arts of Subterfuge
Chapter 3. Struggles in Space and Time: Policing the Towns
Chapter 4. Governing at a Distance: Policing the Countryside
Part 3. The Courts and the Arts of Dissembling
Chapter 5. Taking Liberties: The Court Bureaucracy and its Discontents
Chapter 6. Speaking Lies to Power: How the Ceylonese Used the Courts
Part 4. The Prison and the Arts of Dark Biopower
Chapter 7. Creating Spaces of Deterrence
Chapter 8. Experiments in the Production of Bodily Suffering
Chapter 9. Determining the Limits of Bare Life
Chapter 10. Conclusion.
Bibliography
Biography
James S. Duncan was Reader in Cultural Geography, University of Cambridge until his retirement. He is now Emeritus Fellow of Emmanuel College. His research interests are cultural and historical geography, South Asian history and history of law.
