Postcolonial Politics and Personal Laws: Colonial Legal Legacies and the Indian State

by Rina Verma Williams

Placing 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195680146
• ISBN13: 9780195680140
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.6"