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Williams, Rina Verma.

Postcolonial politics and personal laws colonial legal legacies and the Indian state / [electronic resource] : Rina Verma Williams. - New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. - 1 online resource (vi, 214 p.). - Oxford law in India series . - Oxford law in India series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN: 9780199081721 (ebook) : No price

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Domestic relations (Hindu law)--History.
Inheritance and succession (Hindu law)--History.
Domestic relations (Islamic law)--History.--India
Inheritance and succession (Islamic law)--History.--India

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India--Colonization.

LC Class. No.: KNS540 / .W55 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 346.54012