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Subject(s)

• Domestic relations (Hindu law)—India—History [Browse]
• Inheritance and succession (Hindu law)—History [Browse]
• Domestic relations (Islamic law)—India—History [Browse]
• Inheritance and succession (Islamic law)—India—History [Browse]
• India—Colonization [Browse]
• Domestic relations (Hindu law)—History [Browse]

Summary note

Placing the contemporary discussion on personal laws in India in historical perspective, this important book views the debate as a critical component of Indian democracy. Balancing the imperatives of multiculturalism, national integration, and gender justice, it affirms that there is a complex continuity between the terms of the debate in the postcolonial Indian state and its colonial counterpart.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-207) and index.

Contents

• Introduction
• Law, nation, state : colonial and postcolonial contexts
• Personal laws and noninterference : the late colonial era, 1920-47
• Reform and codification of Hindu personal law : The Hindu code bills, 1948-57
• Noninterference and muslim personal law : Shah Bano and the Muslim Women Bill, 1984-86
• The end of noninterference? The BJP's rise to power, 1984-2004.

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Other title(s)

University press scholarship online.

ISBN

• 9780195680140
• 0195680146

LCCN

^^2006414710

OCLC

71211173

RCP

H - S

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