Changing Concepts of Rights and Justice in South Asia (Soas Studies on South Asia Understandings and Perspectives Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195641205 ISBN 13: 9780195641202

Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, 1998

Synopsis

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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Synopsis

This volume explores the relation between custom, law and social change. Eleven contributions from an international team of experts discuss past beliefs and practices and present day controversies, particularly related to the moral justification of religious laws and contemporary social problems in India and Sri Lanka.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195641205
• ISBN 13: 9780195641202
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Anderson M. R., Guha Sumit