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Index
Coverpage
Halftitle page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Chronology
Abbreviations
Map
Introduction
Part I Hindu law
1 A historical overview of Hindu law
2 Dharmaśāstra: a textual history
3 The practice of classical Hindu law
4 The creation of Anglo-Hindu law
5 Marriage and family in colonial Hindu law
6 Hindu law as personal law: state and identity in the Hindu Code Bills debates, 1952–1956
Part II Law in ancient and medieval Hindu traditions
7 Hindu jurisprudence and scriptural hermeneutics
8 Indic conceptions of authority
9 Śūdradharma and legal treatments of caste
10 Law, literature, and the problem of politics in medieval India
11 Hindu law as performance: ritual and poetic elements in Dharmaśāstra
Part III Law and modern Hinduism
12 Temples, deities, and the law
13 In the divine court of appeals: vows before the god of justice
14 Contemporary caste discrimination and affirmative action
15 Law and Hindu nationalist movements
16 Legally and politically layered identities: a thumbnail survey of selected Hindu migration patterns from South Asia
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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