CONTENTS: Note on References, Transliteration, Abbreviation and Terms, Introduction, PART I. Linking Truth to Duty, Probity to Public Benefit, Coercion: The Chapra Case and Others, Law and Governance, Executive Powers, Courts and Public Opinion, Charles Trevelyan: The Penalty for Indiscretion, Removing Pennell, PART II. Murder in Chur Uria, Power and Social Injustice? Studies in Nineteenth-Century Bihar, Ideas, Practice and Public Opinion, On Water and Development: A Case Study, Bibliography, Index.