Abbreviations; Preface; Part I: Historical and conceptual
background; 1: Introduction; 2: Rising from the Ashes: Postmodern
Hindu Law; 3: Antecedents and Concepts of Traditional Hindu Law; 4:
The Post-classical Evolution of Hindu Law and its Colonial
Distortions; 5: Origins of Modernity in Hindu Law: Emerging
Discourses on Reforms and Codification; 6: Contesting Modernity:
Postcolonial Evolution Of Hindu Law; 7: Transcending Modernity: The
Postmodern
Reconstruction Of Hindu Law; Part II: Substantive Hindu Law Beyond
Tradition And Modernity; 8: Hindu Marriage Law; 9: Child Marriage;
10: Polygamy; 11: Divorce; 12: Maintenance; Part III: Concluding
Analysis;
13: Postmodernity and Beyond; Table of Cases; List of Statutes;
Bibliography; Index
Werner F Menski Professor, School of Law, School of African and Asian Studies, University of London.
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