Ownership and Inheritance in Sanskrit Jurisprudence

Christopher T. Fleming provides an account of various theories of ownership and inheritance in Sanskrit jurisprudential literature.

List of contents

• List of Figures


• Introduction


• 1: M¿m¿¿s¿ and the Mit¿k¿ar¿ School of Jurisprudence


• 2: Navya-Ny¿ya and the Maithila and Gau¿a Schools of Jurisprudence


• 3: The Bh¿¿¿ School of Benares


• 4: Anglo-Indian Schools of Hindu Law


• Market Governance, (Neo)Liberalism, and the Future of Dharmä¿stra in the 21st Century


• Glossary of Sanskrit Terms


• Bibliography

About the author

Christopher T. Fleming is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford

Summary

Christopher T. Fleming provides an account of various theories of ownership and inheritance in Sanskrit jurisprudential literature.

Additional text

This study makes a sizeable leap forward in our understanding of the philosophical and jurisprudential thought related to ownership and inheritance in medieval and early modern India.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher T. Fleming, Christopher T. (British Academy Postdocto Fleming, Christopher T. (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow Fleming, Christopher T. (Postdoctoral Fellow Fleming
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780198852377
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885237-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Oxford Oriental Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Jurisprudence, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, LAW / Property, India, Systems of law, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499, Property law: general, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, property law