The Hindu family and the emergence of modern India : law, citizenship and community /
Between 1955 and 1956 the Government of India passed four Hindu Law Acts to reform and codify Hindu family law. Scholars have understood these acts as a response to growing concern about women's rights but, in a powerful re-reading of their history, this book traces the origins of the Hindu law...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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Series: | Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ;
22. |
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