Changing Concepts of Rights and Justice in South Asia (SOAS Studies on South Asia) - Hardcover

9780195641202: Changing Concepts of Rights and Justice in South Asia (SOAS Studies on South Asia)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195641205 ISBN 13: 9780195641202

Publisher: School of Oriental and African Studies, 1998

This volume explores the relations between custom, law, and social change. International contributors discuss past beliefs and practices, as well as present day controversies, focusing particularly on the moral justification of religious laws and current social problems in India and Sri Lanka.

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About the Author

Michael R. Anderson, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London. Sumit Guha, Professor of History, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

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