TY - BOOK AU - Singh,Mahendra Pal AU - Niraj Kumar TI - The Indian legal system: an enquiry T2 - Oxford scholarship online SN - 9780199095650 (ebook) : AV - KNS74 U1 - 349.54 23 PY - 2019/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Law KW - India KW - History KW - Culture and law KW - Great Britain KW - Colonies N1 - This edition previously issued in print: 2019; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - The work is an attempt to understand the existence of multiple non-state legal traditions despite the presence of a uniform legal system in India. There is a significant gap that exists between the state-legal system and the practices and preferences of people belonging to different communities. In order to understand this structure, the text goes back to the history of legal system in India and tries to identify the reason behind the prevalence of these alternative modes. It studies some prominent legal systems of pre-colonial India like the Mughals, and further explores the way Indian legality was transformed during the British rule. The study maps the evolution and growth of the common law system in India and takes into account the factors that contributed to the strengthening and acceptance of this system UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199489879.001.0001 ER -