Author: Robin BlackburnPublisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Includes chapters on Ceylon.
Explosion in a Subcontinent
Author: Robin BlackburnPublisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Includes chapters on Ceylon.
India, Pakistan and Ceylon
Author: Oskar Hermann Khristian SpatePublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Historians of India, Pakistan and Ceylon
Author: Cyril Henry PhilipsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historiography, Indian
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Martial Law in India, Pakistan and Ceylon
Author: Joseph MinatturPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9401192928
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
(i) What is Martial Law? It is difficult to define martial law, especially because of "the haze of uncertainty which envelops it. " 1 The expression is used to denote a variety of forms of government or law, such as military law governing soldiers in the service of the State, military govern ment in occupied areas, any kind of arbitrary government in which the military arm plays a dominant role, and the emergency ad ministration "which obtains in a domestic community when the military authority carries on the government, or at least some of its functions. " 2 It is in the sense indicated last that martial law is discussed in the following pages. In this sense, it is "the extension of military government to domestic areas and civil persons in case of invasion or rebellion. . . it is a suspension of normal civil government in order to restore it and has civilians for its subjects and civil areas for its loci of operation. " 3 Thus martial law has to be clearly distinguished from military law and military government, though 4 all these have common roots in history and logic. The term 'martial law' was originally applied to the law ad ministered by the court of the Marshal and the Constable of England. There are two theories about the source of the word 'martial' in the expression. One theory is that the term 'martial 1 C. Fairman, The Law of Martial Rule, page 19. 2 idem, page 30.
South Asian Politics and Religion
Author: Donald Eugene SmithPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400879086
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
The work of twenty-two scholars is brought together in this comparative study of the emerging relationships between religion and politics in India, Pakistan, and Ceylon. Part I, "South Asia: Unity and Diversity," presents a comparative analysis of religio-political patterns in the three countries. Part II, “India: The Politics of Religious Pluralism,” emphasizes the rich diversity of Indian religious life and its political consequences. Part III, “Pakistan: The Politics of Islamic Identity,” is chiefly concerned with the political, ideological, and legal problems which Pakistan has faced. Part IV, “Ceylon: The Politics of Buddhist Resurgence,” emphasizes the dramatic developments by which Buddhists have become deeply involved in politics. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon Including AllBritish India, the Portuguese and French Possessions, and the Indian States
Author: Indika
Author: John Fletcher HurstPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 982
Book Description
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Author: FaxianAspects of Caste in South India, Ceylon and North-West Pakistan
Author: Edmund Ronald LeachPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521096645
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This book endeavours to test two opposing arguments about the meaning of the term caste.
Author: N. L. Bor