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

 
9780195653120: Changing Concepts of Rights and Justice in South Asia (SOAS Studies on South Asia)

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This volume explores the relation between custom, law and social change. Eleven outstanding 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.

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In this volume, an international team of contributors discuss controversial issues regarding legal procedure, forms of punishment, and the interaction of the state and legal authorities.

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