Ocko, Jonathan; Gilmartin, David - 2014
This paper uses the concept of rule of law to compare Qing China and British India. Rather than using rule of law … instrumentally, the paper embeds it in the histories of state power and sovereignty in China and India. Three themes, all framed by … trajectories of China and India in the 20th century. Taking law as an instrument of power and an imagined realm that nonetheless …