Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Maps, Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Usage
- Glossary
- Maps
- Introduction: Conjecture and Deliberation
- Chapter 1 Building the Landraad
- Chapter 2 Divided Authority
- Chapter 3 Facing the Law
- Chapter 4 Marshalling Unseen Forces
- Chapter 5 Defining Land Rights
- Chapter 6 On Inheriting Land
- Conclusion: Revisiting Colonial Legal Practice
- Appendix I European Members at the Galle Landraad 1759–96
- Appendix II Rulers of Kandy and Dutch Governors
- Appendix III List of Accommodessan Grants
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Maps, Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Usage
- Glossary
- Maps
- Introduction: Conjecture and Deliberation
- Chapter 1 Building the Landraad
- Chapter 2 Divided Authority
- Chapter 3 Facing the Law
- Chapter 4 Marshalling Unseen Forces
- Chapter 5 Defining Land Rights
- Chapter 6 On Inheriting Land
- Conclusion: Revisiting Colonial Legal Practice
- Appendix I European Members at the Galle Landraad 1759–96
- Appendix II Rulers of Kandy and Dutch Governors
- Appendix III List of Accommodessan Grants
- Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Lawmaking in Dutch Sri LankaNavigating Pluralities in a Colonial Society, pp. 15 - 18Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2023