Colonial Justice in British India: White Violence and the Rule of LawColonial Justice in British India describes and examines the lesser known history of white violence in colonial India. By foregrounding crimes committed by a mostly forgotten cast of European characters planters, paupers, soldiers and sailors Elizabeth Kolsky argues that violence was not an exceptional but an ordinary part of British rule in the subcontinent. Despite the pledge of equality, colonial legislation and the practices of white judges,