Author: Nanda, Ved P. & Sinha, Surya Prakash; editors:
Title: Hindu Law and Legal Theory
Description: New York, New York University Press, (1996). orig.cloth. 25x17cm, xxi,357 pp, Series: International Library of Essays in Law & Legal Theory, Legal Cultures, 12.. Minor rubbing. Some light page-edge soil. VG. ¶ Contains 16 papers. Includes: L. Rocher "Hindu Conception of Law"; D.A. Funk "Traditional Orthodox Hindu Jurisprudence: Justifying Dharma & Danda";S.P. Sinha "Non-Universality of Law"; H.A. Freeman "An Introduction to Hindu Jurisprudence"; S.G. Vesey-Fitzgerald "The Place of Hindu Law in Comparative Jurisprudence"; A. Wezler "Manu's Omniscience: On the Interpretation of Manusmrti II, 7"; L. Rocher "'Lawyers' in Classical Hindu Law"; H.C. Sastri "Studies in the Verses Relating to Nirnaya in the Vyasamrti"; R. Singh "Matrimonial Property Law Among Hindus"; V.P. Nanda " Hinduism & Human Rights"; G.-D. Sontheimer "Recent Developments in Hindu Law"; J. Duncan; et al: "Statutory Amendments of the Personal Law of Hindus Since Indian Independence"; A. Gledhill "The Influence of Common Law & Equity on Hindu Law Since 1800"; V.P. Nanda ""Marriage & Divorce in India: Conflicting Laws"; A. Khan "Women's Disabilities Under the Modern Hindu Law of Property"; G. Gopla "Gender & Economic Inequality in India: The Legal Connection".

Keywords: Hindu Jurisprudence, India, Hinduism, Comparative Law, Legal Theory, South Asia, Dharma, ,