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

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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.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.