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"They Have Travailed Into A Wrong Latitude:" The Laws Of England, Indian Settlements, And The British Imperial Constitution 1726-1773, Arthur Fraas Mar 2012

"They Have Travailed Into A Wrong Latitude:" The Laws Of England, Indian Settlements, And The British Imperial Constitution 1726-1773, Arthur Fraas

Arthur Mitchell Fraas

In the mid-eighteenth century the British Crown claimed a network of territories around the globe as its "Empire." Through a close study of law and legal instutions in Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, as well as London, this dissertation examines what it meant to be a part of that Empire. These three cities on the Indian subcontinent were administered by the English East India Company and as such have often seemed abberant or unique to scholars of eighteenth-century empire and law. This dissertation argues that these Indian cities fit squarely within an imperial legal and governmental framework common to the wider British …


From India To The Atlantic World: "Indian Grants" And The Imperial Jurisprudence Of The Eighteenth Century, Arthur Mitchell Fraas Jan 2012

From India To The Atlantic World: "Indian Grants" And The Imperial Jurisprudence Of The Eighteenth Century, Arthur Mitchell Fraas

Arthur Mitchell Fraas

No abstract provided.


Primary Sources At A Distance: Researching Indian Colonial Law, Arthur Fraas Dec 2011

Primary Sources At A Distance: Researching Indian Colonial Law, Arthur Fraas

Arthur Mitchell Fraas

No abstract provided.


Legal Databases: A Comparative Analysis, Arthur Fraas Dec 2011

Legal Databases: A Comparative Analysis, Arthur Fraas

Arthur Mitchell Fraas

A comparative report commissioned by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) on the world of electronic databases for legal history research.


Review Of "Heinonline", Arthur Fraas Dec 2011

Review Of "Heinonline", Arthur Fraas

Arthur Mitchell Fraas

A detailed review of the HeinOnline electronic database commissioned by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL)


Review Of "Llmc-Digital", Arthur Fraas Dec 2011

Review Of "Llmc-Digital", Arthur Fraas

Arthur Mitchell Fraas

A detailed review of the LLMC-Digital electronic database commissioned by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL)


Unique At Penn, Arthur Fraas Dec 2011

Unique At Penn, Arthur Fraas

Arthur Mitchell Fraas

Blog highlighting unique items from the collections of the University of Pennsylvania Libraries.


Readers, Scribes, And Collectors: The Dissemination Of Legal Knowledge In Eighteenth-Century British South Asia, Arthur Mitchell Fraas Dec 2011

Readers, Scribes, And Collectors: The Dissemination Of Legal Knowledge In Eighteenth-Century British South Asia, Arthur Mitchell Fraas

Arthur Mitchell Fraas

This draft paper - first presented at the Middle Eastern Studies Association annual conference in 2012 - looks at the circulation of legal knowledge in print and manuscript in eighteenth-century British India.


The Royal College Of Physicians Survey Of Savannah, 1829, Arthur Mitchell Fraas Dec 2011

The Royal College Of Physicians Survey Of Savannah, 1829, Arthur Mitchell Fraas

Arthur Mitchell Fraas

This article presents the annotated text of an 1829 survey of the state of medicine and health in Savannah Georgia as completed by the British consul in that city.