The government of social life in colonial India : liberalism, religious law, and women's rights /
Sturman, Rachel Lara,1969-
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-270) and index.
Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Map of the Bombay presidency and British India -- Introduction -- Economic governance -- Property between law and political economy -- The dilemmas of social economy -- The politics of personal law -- Hindu law as a regime of rights -- Custom and human value in the debates on Hindu marriage -- Law, community and belonging -- Conclusion -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Women's rights
Religious law and legislation