Hindu law : beyond tradition and modernity /
Menski, Werner.
New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
c2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [610]-639) and index.
Part I: historical and conceptual background -- Introduction -- Rising from the ashes: postmodern Hindu law -- Antecedents and concepts of traditional Hindu law -- The Post-classical evolution of Hindu law and its colonial distortions -- Origins of modernity in Hindu law and its colonial distortions -- Origins of modernity in Hindu law: emerging discourses on reforms and codification -- Contesting modernity: post-colonial evolution of Hindu law -- Part II: substantive Hindu law beyond tradition and modernity -- Hindu marriage law -- Child marriage -- Polygamy -- Divorce -- Maintenance law -- Part II: concluding analysis -- Postmodernity and beyond.
Hindu law.
Hindu law