01769nam a2200349 a 4500001001400000003000800014005001700022006001900039007001500058008004100073020003800114040002100152050002200173082001800195100002600213245013900239260005900378300003600437490003100473520040500504588004700909504005100956650004501007650005301052650005401105650006201159651002501221776003301246830003201279856009101311999001701402EDZ0000096349StDuBDS20150804193925.0m||||||||d||||||||cr||||||||||||120822s2006    ii     fo|    001 0 eng d  a9780199081721 (ebook) :cNo price  aStDuBDScStDuBDS 0aKNS540b.W55 200604a346.540122231 aWilliams, Rina Verma.10aPostcolonial politics and personal lawsh[electronic resource] :bcolonial legal legacies and the Indian state /cRina Verma Williams.  aNew Delhi ;aOxford :bOxford University Press,c2006.  a1 online resource (vi, 214 p.).1 aOxford law in India series8 aPlacing 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.  aDescription based on print version record.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 0aDomestic relations (Hindu law)xHistory. 0aInheritance and succession (Hindu law)xHistory. 0aDomestic relations (Islamic law)zIndiaxHistory. 0aInheritance and succession (Islamic law)zIndiaxHistory. 0aIndiaxColonization.08iPrint versionz9780195680140 0aOxford law in India series.403Oxford scholarship onlineuhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195680140.001.0001  c36934d36934