Some colonial officials argued imperial security depended on upholding rule-of-law legitimacy.

Evidence

Yet, during the course of the trial, Anstey and Ingram also articulated another interpretation of imperial power, one in which colonial security rested on maintaining the legitimacy of a rule of law. — Julia Stephens, The Phantom Wahhabi, 99

Categorization

• QUESTION: Who were Anstey and Ingram, and how did their dissent survive within a machinery built on force? Worth chasing their careers.