Divorce and Democracy - A History of Personal Law in Post-Independence India

Studies the Indian state's difficult dialogue with divorce, mediated largely through religion.

Sommario

Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Glossary; Introduction: law as a dialogue; 1. Personal law and the making of modern religion 1946-1956; 2. Committees, codes and customs: renegotiating personal law 1957-1969; 3. Social movements, national emergency, and the custody of the Constitution 1967-1979; 4. Muslim law, Hindu nationalism: secularism of community and gender 1980-1992; 5. The court in context 1992-2000s; 6. From the court room to the courtyard: the public life of personal law 2000-present; Conclusion; Bibliography.

Info autore

Saumya Saxena is British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Saumya Saxena, Saumya (University of Cambridge) Saxena
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 25.08.2022
• EAN: 9781108498340
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49834-0
• Pagine: 350
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; LAW / General, India, Politics & government, Religion & politics, Sociology: family & relationships, Gender & the law, Politics and government, Gender studies, gender groups, Religion and Politics, Sociology: family and relationships, Family Law: Marriage & Divorce, Law and society, gender issues, Family law: marriage, separation and divorce