Family law and social change
Subtitle: a fest[s]chrift for Asaf A. A. Fyzee
By: edited by Tahir Mahmood ; foreword by N. A. Palkhivala.
Contributors: Fyzee, Asaf Ali Asghar, 1899-; Mahmood, Syed Tahir, 1941-
Publisher: N. M. Tripathi
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Bombay
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Fyzee, Asaf Ali Asghar, 1899- ; Domestic relations -- India; Domestic relations (Islamic law)
Description: Contributed articles, chiefly on Muslim family law reform in India.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Portrait of a scholar: Marshall, A. A. A. A. Fyzee, a versatile genius.; title: Mahmood, T. A. A. A. Fyzee, a jurist-reformer. Family law in India: specific systems: Hidayatullah, M. Muslim law: a suggested reform.; title: Baxi, U. Muslim law reform, uniform civil code and the crisis of commonsense.; title: Pearl, D. Intersect conflict of laws among Muslims in the Indian sub-continent.; title: Ahmadullah, D. Prohibited relationship under the special marriage act, a lacuna.; title: Manohar, S. On a secular law of adoption. Family law in India: general perspective: Shah, A. B. Meaning of secularism for India.; title: Mahmood, T. Family law reform: perspective in modern India.; title: Agrawala, R. Uniform civil code, a formula, not a solution.; title: Sivaramayya, B. Towards a secular concept of family.