Postcolonial politics and personal laws : colonial legal legacies and the Indian state /

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 conti...

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Main Author:	Williams, Rina Verma
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:	Oxford law in India series.
Subjects:	Domestic relations (Hindu law) > History. Inheritance and succession (Hindu law) > History. Domestic relations (Islamic law) > India > History. Inheritance and succession (Islamic law) > India > History. India > Colonization. Familles (Droit hindou) > Histoire. Successions et héritages (Droit hindou) > Histoire. Successions et héritages (Droit islamique) > Inde > Histoire. Colonization. Domestic relations (Hindu law) Domestic relations (Islamic law) Inheritance and succession (Hindu law) Inheritance and succession (Islamic law) India. Law - Non-U.S. Law, Politics & Government. Law - Africa, Asia, Pacific & Antarctica. Electronic books. History.
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Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (vi, 214 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-207) and index.
ISBN:	9780199081721 0199081727