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Property Crime and the Criminal Process in Lusaka Magistrates' Courts. (1992)
Thesis
Mwansa, K. T. Property Crime and the Criminal Process in Lusaka Magistrates' Courts. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis investigates the etiology of property crime in Lusaka, Zambia, as well as the way in which it has been dealt with by the criminal justice system, namely, the police, the courts and the prisons. The thesis is divided into 9 chapters. Chapt... Read More about Property Crime and the Criminal Process in Lusaka Magistrates' Courts..

The role of custom in Hindu law (1992)
Journal Article
Menski, W. F. (1992). The role of custom in Hindu law. Recueils de la Société Jean Bodin pour l'histoire comparative des institutions, 53(3), 311-347

Public Nuisance and Private Purpose: Policed Environments in British India, 1860-1947 (1992)
Preprint / Working Paper
Anderson, M. R. Public Nuisance and Private Purpose: Policed Environments in British India, 1860-1947. London

In the 1980s, a number of Indian legal activists sought out legal provisions which might be deployed to redress environmental claims. In an early decision which helped to unleash the genie of public interest litigation, Justice Krishna Iyer seized up... Read More about Public Nuisance and Private Purpose: Policed Environments in British India, 1860-1947.