India and the translation of the Irish Brehon Laws

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dc.contributor.authorLaird, Heather
dc.contributor.editorFoley, Tadhg
dc.contributor.editorO'Connor, Maureen
dc.contributor.funderNational University of Ireland, Galwayen
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-13T15:37:39Z
dc.date.available2019-05-13T15:37:39Z
dc.date.issued2006-09
dc.date.updated2019-05-13T14:02:39Z
dc.description.abstractThis chapter explores the relationship between colonial rule in India and attitudes towards both the Brehon Laws and English rule in Ireland. It opens with a brief overview of the connection between colonial rule in India and the translation of so-called native law. It argues that the concept of governing India according to its own laws and customs was linked to India’s status as an administrative colony, but that the success of this concept in legitimising English rule in India led many nineteenth-century commentators to endorse its application to Ireland, a very different colonial setting. This resulted, in part, to the British government’s agreement in 1852 to fund a project to translate and publish the Irish Brehon Law manuscripts.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational University of Ireland, Galway (Publication Fund)en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationLaird, H. (2006) 'India and the Translation of the Irish Brehon Laws' , in Foley, T. and O'Connor, M. (eds.) Ireland and India: Colonies, Culture and Empire. Dublin : Irish Academic Press, pp. 3-11.en
dc.identifier.endpage11en
dc.identifier.isbn9780716528388
dc.identifier.isbn9780716528371
dc.identifier.startpage3en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7894
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIrish Academic Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofIreland and India: colonies, culture and empireen
dc.rights© 2006, Heather Laird.en
dc.subjectBrehon Lawsen
dc.subjectColonialismen
dc.subjectIndia and Irelanden
dc.subject“Native” Lawen
dc.titleIndia and the translation of the Irish Brehon Lawsen
dc.typeBook chapteren
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