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Launch of ‘Lawmaking in Dutch Sri Lanka’ – By Victor Melder Tambapanni Academic Publishers invites the public for the launch of ‘Lawmaking in Dutch Sri Lanka: Navigating Pluralities in a Colonial Society’, written by Dr. Nadeera Rupesinghe.  Prof. Dinesha Samararatne and Dr. Gehan Goonetilleke will discuss the book with Dr. Rupesinghe, at an event to be held at the auditorium of the National Archives, No. 7, Philip Gunewardena Mawatha on 22 July at 4 p.m. All are welcome. About the book Lawmaking in Dutch Sri Lanka marks a break in understanding the history of Roman-Dutch law in Sri Lanka. Methodologically, it challenges socio-legal studies that concentrate on major jurisdictional conflicts alone, emphasising the lived experience of everyday practices of judicial forums. It uncovers the navigation of plural practices in the Landraad, a judicial forum set up by the Dutch East India Company in 17th century Sri Lanka. A choice of ...