4 The Codifiers

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables ix
4. Illustrations xi
5. Preface xiii
6. The Legal Landscape 3
7. Attitudes to Codification before the Rebellions 18
8. The Political Will to Codify, 1838–57 43
9. The Codifiers 66
10. Politics of the Codification Commission, 1857–66 99
11. The Commission at Work 121
12. The Persistence of Customary Law: Married Women as Traders 141
13. ‘Wittingly and Willingly’: The Law of Obligations 157
14. Conclusion 173
15. Chronology 181
16. Abbreviations 191
17. Notes 193
18. Essay on Sources 231
19. Select Bibliography 237
20. Index 253
21. Picture Credits and Sources 265