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100 _aDeva, Indra
245 _aSociology of Law /
_cby Indra Deva
260 _aNew Delhi:
_bOxford University Press,
_c2005
300 _a376p.;
_c21cm.
505 _aIntroduction; Section I: Functioning of the Legal System; 1.: Colonial Nature of the Indian Legal System (Upendra Baxi); 2.: Administration of Hindu Law by the British (J. Duncan M. Derrett); 3.: Law and the People (V.R. Krishna Iyer); 4.: Patterns of Criminal Justice amongst Some Tribes (Krishna Kumar); 5.: Law as an Instrument of Change in India (J.S. Gandhi); Section II: The Legal Profession; 6.: Development of the Legal Profession in India (Samuel Schmitthener); 7.: Legal Profession and Society: A Study of Lawyers and their Clients (K.L. Sharma); 8.: Social Organization at the District Courts: Colleague Relationships among Indian Lawyers (Charles Morrison); Section III: Law and Religious Identity; 9.: Religion, Law, and Secularism (Donald Eugene Smith); 10.: Personal Laws or a Uniform Civil Code? (John H. Mansfield); 11.: The Personal Law Question and Hindu Nationalism (Dieter Conrad); 12.: The Shah Bano Case: Some Political Implications (Kavita R. Khory); Section IV: Law and the Disadvantaged Groups; 13.: Pursuing Equality in the Land of Hierarchy (Marc Galanter); 14.: Jusprudential Foundation of Reservations (M.P. Singh); 15.: Mandal Revisited (Ram Jethmalani); 16.: Empowerment of Women: Legal Strategies (S.P. Sathe); Section V: Societal Role of Judiciary; 17.: Towards an Indian Jurisprudence of Social Action and Public Interest Litigation (V.R. Krishna Iyer); 18.: Public Interest Litigation (Mahabaleshwar N. Morje); Section VI: Law and Social Change; 19.: Growth of Traditional Legal System: The Perspective of Change through the Ages (Indra Deva and Shrirama); 20.: Law and Social Change in India (Yogendra Singh); 21.: Constitutions and Revolutions (Peter G. Sack); Contributors; Index
520 _aDescription This volume, on the sociology of law in India, analyses the relationship between the legal system and other social subsystems, law and religious identity, the societal and social rules of the judiciary in India, as well as the law and social change in India. (Source: WorldCat)
650 _aIndia Law
650 _aSocial aspects Law
650 _aSocial aspects India
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