Rata Sabhawa of Nuwarakalaviya: Judicature in a Princely Province: And Ethnographical and Historical Reading...

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Lokubanda Tillakaratne

Rata Sabhawa of Nuwarakalaviya

Judicature in a Princely Province: And Ethnographical and Historical Reading

Lokubanda Tillakaratne

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Lokubanda Tillakaratne
16 May 2023

Asian history; Society & culture: general; Central government policies; Private international law & conflict of laws

Rata Sabhāwa, an unwritten rural judicial tradition formulated by oral history, culture, feudal, and caste customs, was the collective lex terrae, law of the land, practiced in Nuwarakalaviya region and adjacent districts of Sri Lanka until the mid-1930s, when the colonial government policies tolled its demise. This book examines the history of this Sabhā system, and variants in the neighboring Kandyan country, and how it functioned as the primary source to promote social order and conflict resolution in communities. In examining the preventative and punitive methods that existed in this system - some bizarre, some outright discriminatory, often caring, humane, and understanding - this volume reveals that the Nuwarakalaviya region functioned as a princely state ruled by Chiefs facilitated with greater independence and semi-sovereign authority, without any patronage from the King and colonial powers in other parts of the country.

By: Lokubanda Tillakaratne
Imprint: Lokubanda Tillakaratne
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 494g
ISBN: 9798218157654
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 16 May 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lokubanda Tillakaratne is a native of Nuwarakalaviya and writes about Ethnograpy in Sri Lanka. He is retired from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Author of Echoes of the Millstone; Pulse in the Jungle; (and in Sinhala: Montaray Withthi; Gammedde Ninnadaya, and Rata Sabhāwa).

Reviews for Rata Sabhawa of Nuwarakalaviya: Judicature in a Princely Province: And Ethnographical and Historical Reading

A landmark contribution illuminating a bygone judicial and cultural institution in Sri Lanka.- M.U.A. Tennakoon, author of Drought Hazard and Rural Development: A Study in Perception of and Adjustment to Drought.