Postcolonial politics and personal law : colonial legal legacies and the Indian state by Rina Verma Williams.
Material type: TextLanguage: Publication details: New Delhi : Oxford, 2006.Description: 214 pISBN:- 9780195680140
- 346.54012 WIL/POS
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Table of contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Law, nation, state : colonial and postcolonial contexts
Chapter 3. Personal laws and noninterference : the late colonial era, 1920-47
Chapter 4. Reform and codification of Hindu personal law : The Hindu code bills, 1948-57
Chapter 5. Noninterference and muslim personal law : Shah Bano and the Muslim Women Bill, 1984-86
Chapter 6. The end of noninterference? The BJP's rise to power, 1984-2004.