Government of Social Life in Colonial India - Liberalism, Religious Law, and Women''s Rights

Informationen zum Autor Rachel Sturman is Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies at Bowdoin College, Maine. Her writing has appeared in many journals including Comparative Studies in Society and History, The Journal of Asian Studies, Economic and Political Weekly, and Gender and History. Klappentext This book analyses religious law in colonial India, exploring how it encouraged gender equality and a rethinking of the relationship between state and society. Zusammenfassung An important new study which analyses the system of personal law in colonial India, showing how it encouraged gender equality and a better relationship between state and society. By focusing on Hindu law, this illuminating book challenges existing scholarship, showing how - far from being based on traditional values – Hindu law was developed around ideas of liberalism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Economic Governance: 1. Property between law and political economy; 2. The dilemmas of social economy; Part II. The Politics of Personal Law: 3. Hindu law as a regime of rights; 4. Custom and human value in the debates on Hindu marriage; 5. Law, community, and belonging; Conclusion.

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• Authors: Rachel Sturman, Rachel (Bowdoin College Sturman, Sturman Rachel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2012
• EAN: 9781107010376
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01037-6
• No. of pages: 310
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Indian Hi; Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society; Cambridge Studies in Indian Hi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; History, British Empire, India, Systems of law, History of Religion, Legal History, Asian History, Gender studies: women, HISTORY / Asia / South / General