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Hindu law : Beyond tradition and modernity / Werner Menski.

By: Publication details: New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2008Description: xxii, 648 p. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780195699210
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.58 MEN 22
LOC classification:
  • KNS469.5 .M46 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
Content: Part I Historical and Conceptual Background 1 Introduction 2 Rising from the Ashes:Postmodern Hindu Law 3 Antecedents and Concepts of Traditional Hindu Law 4 The Post-classical Evolution of Hindu Law and its Colonial Distortions 5 Origins of Modernity in Hindu Law: Emerging Discourses on Reforms and Codification 6 Contesting Modernity:Post-colonial Evolution of Hindu Law 7 Transcending Modernity: the Postmodern Reconstruction of Hindu Law Part II Substantive Hindu Law Beyond Tradition and Modernity 8 Hindu Marriage Law 9 Child Marriage 10 Polygamy 11 Divorce 12 Maintenance Law Part III Concluding Analysis
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [610]-639) and index.

Content:
Part I Historical and Conceptual Background
1 Introduction
2 Rising from the Ashes:Postmodern Hindu Law
3 Antecedents and Concepts of Traditional Hindu Law
4 The Post-classical Evolution of Hindu Law and its Colonial Distortions
5 Origins of Modernity in Hindu Law: Emerging Discourses on Reforms and Codification
6 Contesting Modernity:Post-colonial Evolution of Hindu Law
7 Transcending Modernity: the Postmodern Reconstruction of Hindu Law
Part II Substantive Hindu Law Beyond Tradition and Modernity
8 Hindu Marriage Law
9 Child Marriage
10 Polygamy
11 Divorce
12 Maintenance Law
Part III Concluding Analysis