This volume explores the relations between custom, law, and social change. International contributors discuss past beliefs and practices, as well as present day controversies, focusing particularly on the moral justification of religious laws and current social problems in India and Sri Lanka.
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Michael R. Anderson is at British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London. Sumit Guha is at Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
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There are few areas as beset with problems of evidence and interpretation as that of the study of conceptions of rights in past societies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hereditary dacoits, matrilineal taravad, faujdari adalat, unconverted wife, untouchable women, common dharma, religious personal laws, collective criminality, discretionary punishment, civil liberties movement, criminal tribes, simple adultery, judicial discourse, punitive authority, divorce bill, instrumentalist approach, irretrievable breakdown, revenue farmers, criminal intention Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
High Court, Legislative Council, Divorce Act, Govind Krishna, Ali Ibrahim Khan, New York, New Delhi, Sri Lanka, British Indian, House of Lords, Indian Succession Act, Lee Holcombe, Nizamat Adalat, Banaras Zamindari, West Bengal, Cheap Lives, Indian National Congress, Whitley Stokes, Jana Sangh, Madras Presidency, Privilege of Taking, Bengal Presidency, British Parliament, Government of India, Home Dept New!
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There are few areas as beset with problems of evidence and interpretation as that of the study of conceptions of rights in past societies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hereditary dacoits, matrilineal taravad, faujdari adalat, unconverted wife, untouchable women, common dharma, religious personal laws, collective criminality, discretionary punishment, civil liberties movement, criminal tribes, simple adultery, judicial discourse, punitive authority, divorce bill, instrumentalist approach, irretrievable breakdown, revenue farmers, criminal intention Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
High Court, Legislative Council, Divorce Act, Govind Krishna, Ali Ibrahim Khan, New York, New Delhi, Sri Lanka, British Indian, House of Lords, Indian Succession Act, Lee Holcombe, Nizamat Adalat, Banaras Zamindari, West Bengal, Cheap Lives, Indian National Congress, Whitley Stokes, Jana Sangh, Madras Presidency, Privilege of Taking, Bengal Presidency, British Parliament, Government of India, Home Dept New!
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- Human Rights: v. 1: Acts, Statutes and Constitutional Provisions by D. N. Gupta on 7 pages
- Subaltern Studies: Writings on South Asian History and Society, Vol. 6 by Ranajit Guha in Front Matter, page 81, and page 219
- Asian Perspectives on Human Rights by Claude E., Jr. Welch in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Experience of Hinduism, The by Eleanor Zelliot on page 218, and page 219
- Institutions and Ideologies: A SOAS South Asia Reader (Studies in Asian Topics) by David Arnold in Front Matter, and page 27
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- Transnational America: Feminisms, Diasporas, Neoliberalisms (Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies) by Inderpal Grewal in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Emergence of Feminism in India, 1850–1920 by Padma Anagol on page 124
- A History of India (Palgrave Essential Histories) by Peter Robb in Back Matter
- A History of India by Peter Robb in Back Matter
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