In 1778, the early French colonial state in India set up the Chambre de Consultation, a forum composed of eight Indian notables, to help French judges administer justice to Pondicherry’s Indian population. On the basis of evidence gleaned from court records from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, this article examines the creation, the functioning and the dismissal of this little-known institution. In the process, I argue that although officially labelled as a consultative body, the Chambre also had adjudicative functions. Besides advising French judges on points of Indian laws and customs, the members, designated as ‘ arbitrators’, were also responsible for settling disputes among Indians. As such, by setting up the Chambr...
Generations of historians have looked to Bengal, Bombay, and Madras to detect the emergence of the l...
Indian observers of the East India Company’s emerging political order in the late eighteenth century...
Competition between European powers considerably complicated the development of Mauritius as a colon...
Tout au long du XIXe siècle, le gouvernement des Établissements français de l’Inde promet de respect...
L’article aborde la question de la production du droit et de l’organisation des institutions judicia...
International audienceThe dubashes, indian intermediaries serving the French administration, played ...
This article explores the extension of political “liberty” and franchise – as well as the eventual e...
The Union Territory of Pondicherry prior to its merger with the Indian Union was a French Colony. Th...
The study is devoted to the development of Pondicherry during the French Revolution, specificallyin ...
At the end of the 18th century, the official presence of the French in India was limited. Those Fren...
This thesis argues that the jurisdictional conflicts between the King’s Court and the government in ...
The study is devoted to the development of Pondicherry during the French Revolution, specifically i...
<div><i>A Colonial Affair</i> traces the 1716 conviction of Nayiniyappa, a Tamil commercial agent em...
Cette journée d’étude souhaite proposer de nouvelles pistes de recherche et dégager de nouvelles pro...
This dissertation explores the history of the Compagnie des Indes (French East India Company), the p...
Generations of historians have looked to Bengal, Bombay, and Madras to detect the emergence of the l...
Indian observers of the East India Company’s emerging political order in the late eighteenth century...
Competition between European powers considerably complicated the development of Mauritius as a colon...
Tout au long du XIXe siècle, le gouvernement des Établissements français de l’Inde promet de respect...
L’article aborde la question de la production du droit et de l’organisation des institutions judicia...
International audienceThe dubashes, indian intermediaries serving the French administration, played ...
This article explores the extension of political “liberty” and franchise – as well as the eventual e...
The Union Territory of Pondicherry prior to its merger with the Indian Union was a French Colony. Th...
The study is devoted to the development of Pondicherry during the French Revolution, specificallyin ...
At the end of the 18th century, the official presence of the French in India was limited. Those Fren...
This thesis argues that the jurisdictional conflicts between the King’s Court and the government in ...
The study is devoted to the development of Pondicherry during the French Revolution, specifically i...
<div><i>A Colonial Affair</i> traces the 1716 conviction of Nayiniyappa, a Tamil commercial agent em...
Cette journée d’étude souhaite proposer de nouvelles pistes de recherche et dégager de nouvelles pro...
This dissertation explores the history of the Compagnie des Indes (French East India Company), the p...
Generations of historians have looked to Bengal, Bombay, and Madras to detect the emergence of the l...
Indian observers of the East India Company’s emerging political order in the late eighteenth century...
Competition between European powers considerably complicated the development of Mauritius as a colon...