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020			_a9780195680140
040			_aMAIN
041			_aEnglish
082			_a346.54012 _bWIL/POS
100			_aWilliams, Rina Verma
245			_aPostcolonial politics and personal law : _bcolonial legal legacies and the Indian state _cby Rina Verma Williams.
260			_aNew Delhi : _bOxford, _c2006.
300			_a214 p.
500			_aTable 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.
650			_aFamily law.
650			_aDomestic Relations (Hindu law)--History.
942			_cBK
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