Religion and Personal Law in Secular India A Call to Judgment

Name: Religion and Personal Law in Secular India A Call to Judgment
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ISBN: 9780253214805

ISBN-10: 0253214807

ISBN-13: 9780253214805

Edition: 2001

Authors: Gerald James Larson

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This multidiscipliary text explores the major challenges for religion and law in India today. It explores the issues and tensions between India's religious law and the secular state and provides an introduction to the complexity of Indian society.

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 11/28/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: The Secular State in Religious Society




The Secular State and Legal Pluralism: The Current Debate and Historical Antecedents



Religion, Personal Law, and Identity in India




Religious Minorities and the Law




Living with Difference in India: Legal Pluralism and Legal Universalism in Historical Context




Religious Endowments, Reservations Law, and Criminal Law



Religious and Charitable Endowments and a Uniform Civil Code




Personal Law and Reservations: Volition and Religion in Contemporary India




The Uniform Civil Code Debate: Lessons from the Criminal Procedures




Personal Law and Issues of Gender



Gender Implications for a Uniform Civil Code




The Personal and the Political: Indian Women and Inheritance Law




Observations on the Historical Destruction of Separate Legal Regimes




Who Was Roop Kanwar? Sati, Law, Religion, and Postcolonial Feminism




"Where Will She Go? What Will She Do?" Paternalism toward Women in the Administration of Muslim Personal Law in Contemporary India




Cross-Cultural Perspectives



Affirmative Action in the United States and the Reservation System in India: Some Comparative Comments




Personal Law Systems and Religious Conflict: A Comparison of India and Israel




The Road to Xanadu: India's Quest for Secularism



Some Continuing Issues



Bibliographical Note



Contributors


Index