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

ISBN-13: 9781316649787 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 309 str.

Rachel Sturman

Opis

This book analyses religious law in colonial India, exploring how it encouraged gender equality and a rethinking of the relationship between state and society.

Spis treści

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.