Hinduism and Law: an Introduction

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From early Sanskrit rulebooks to the modern codification of 'Hindu law', the authors examine interactions between Hinduism and law.

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Full title :Hinduism and Law : an Introduction.

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From early Sanskrit rulebooks to the modern codification of 'Hindu law', the authors examine interactions between Hinduism and law.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Leiden
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

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Description:1 online resource (321 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780511917189, 051191718X, 9780511915376, 0511915373, 0521887860, 9780521887861
oclc:ocn670411465
LC Classification:KNS122.H564 2010
Dewey Decimal:344.54096

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Editors; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Abbreviations; ABBREVIATIONS OF INDIC TEXTS; EPIGRAPHICAL PUBLICATION SERIES WITH ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction; "Hindui sm"; Dharma and law; "Hindu law" versus "hinduism and law"; Overview of the parts; A new departure; Part I Hindu law; Chapter 1 A historical overview of Hindu law; Chapter 2 Dharmasastra: a textual history; Chapter 3 The practice of classical Hindu law; Chapter 4 The creation of Anglo-Hindu law; Chapter 5 Marriage and family in colonial Hindu law.

Chapter 6 Hindu law as personal law: state and identity in the Hindu Code Bills debates, 19521956Part II Law in ancient and medieval Hindu traditions; Chapter 7 Hindu jurisprudence and scriptural hermeneutics; Chapter 8 Indic conceptions of authority; Chapter 9 Sudradharma and legal treatments of caste; Chapter 10 Law, literature, and the problem of politics in medieval India; Chapter 11 Hindu law as performance: ritual and poetic e.

Subjects

Droit -- Histoire. -- Inde Droit hindou Droit hindou -- Sources. -- Histoire Hindouisme Hindu law Hindu law -- Sources. -- History Hinduism History India Law Law -- History. -- India Sources