Postcolonial politics and personal laws [electronic resource] : colonial legal legacies and the Indian state /
by Williams, Rina Verma.
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BookSeries: Oxford law in India series: Publisher: New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: 1 online resource (vi, 214 p.).ISBN: 9780199081721 (ebook) :.Subject(s): 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 -- ColonizationOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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 continuity between the terms of the debate in the postcolonial Indian state and its colonial counterpart.
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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 continuity between the terms of the debate in the postcolonial Indian state and its colonial counterpart.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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