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Hindu law : Beyond tradition and modernity / Werner Menski.
Publication details: New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2008Description: xxii, 648 p. ; 27 cmISBN:- 9780195699210
- 340.58 MENÂ 22
- KNS469.5Â .M46 2003
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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| 340.56 NOR-2 Understanding the common civil code : An Introduction to civil law | 340.56 WAT An historical : Introduction to modern civil law | 340.58 BHA Hindu law and the constitution / | 340.58 MEN Hindu law : | 340.58 MUL Hindu Law | 340.58 SCI Conference proceedings of national initiative to reduce pendency and delay in judicial system | 340.58 VAR Hindu religious and charitable endowments |
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