Postcolonial Politics and Personal Laws: Colonial Legal Legacies and the Indian StatePlacing the contemporary discussion on personal laws in India in historical perspective, this important book views the debate as a critical component of Indian democracy. Balancing the imperatives of multiculturalism, national integration, and gender justice, it affirms that there is a complex continuity between the terms of the debate in the postcolonial Indian state and its colonial counterpart. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts | 24 |
The End of Noninterference? | 155 |
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