Product DescriptionThe persisting belief in the 'rule of law' and the relative judicial independence in post-colonial India, bear testimony to the British legacy with its unique amalgam of law codes, courts, procedures and personnel. Using sources previously unavailable to scholars, Paul traces the development of Indian laywyers, otherwise known as pleaders or vakils, since the beginning of British rule in the Madras Presidency.About the AuthorJohn J. Paul, Assistant Professor of History, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse.