Hindu law
Beyond Tradition and Modernity
Seiten
2008
OUP India (Verlag)
978-0-19-569921-0 (ISBN)
OUP India (Verlag)
978-0-19-569921-0 (ISBN)
This book contends that contrary to those who proclaimed it dead, Hindu law remains a complex living system that has reached a condition of postmodernity and that, along with Hindu custom and cultural concepts, it continues to play an integral role in legal developments today.
This intensively researched book argues that Hindu Law is an essentially flexible and constantly evolving system, that scholars have wrongly proclaimed it dead and merely a relic of an ancient past. The author contends that Hindu Law is very much alive and playing a role even in the current post-modern environment as is apparent in the way the courts themselves interpret various aspects of law, including the rules of inheritance, marriage, maintenance, and divorce. He also suggests that it would be wrong to see this law as uniformly oppressive. Wide in scope, the book examines the development of Hindu law from the ancient period, through it drastic remolding in the colonial era, to its emergence as a postmodern entity
This intensively researched book argues that Hindu Law is an essentially flexible and constantly evolving system, that scholars have wrongly proclaimed it dead and merely a relic of an ancient past. The author contends that Hindu Law is very much alive and playing a role even in the current post-modern environment as is apparent in the way the courts themselves interpret various aspects of law, including the rules of inheritance, marriage, maintenance, and divorce. He also suggests that it would be wrong to see this law as uniformly oppressive. Wide in scope, the book examines the development of Hindu law from the ancient period, through it drastic remolding in the colonial era, to its emergence as a postmodern entity
Werner F Menski Professor, School of Law, School of African and Asian Studies, University of London.
PART I: HISTORICAL AND CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND; PART II: SUBSTANTIVE HINDU LAW BEYOND TRADITION AND MODERNITY; PART III: CONCLUDING ANALYSIS
| Verlagsort | New Delhi |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 241 mm |
| Gewicht | 829 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Internationales Privatrecht | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-569921-1 / 0195699211 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-569921-0 / 9780195699210 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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