Umfang:
Online-Ressource (XXIII, 343 S.)
,
Ill., Kt.
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2014
ISBN:
9781107256545
Serie:
Studies in legal history
Inhalt:
This book explores the legal culture of the Parsis, an ethno-religious community unusually invested in the colonial legal system of British India and Burma
Anmerkung:
Literaturverz. S. 325 - 331
,
Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Dedication; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Figures and Map; Acknowledgments; Table of Cases; A Note on Transliteration, Citation, and Abbreviation; Introduction; Part I Parsi Legal Culture; 1 Using Law: Colonial Parsis Go to Court; 2 Making Law: Two Patterns; Part 2 The Creation of Parsi Personal Law; 3 The Limits of English Law: The Inheritance Acts; 4 Reconfiguring Male Privilege: The Matrimonial Acts; 5 The Jury and Intragroup Control: The Parsi Chief Matrimonial Court; Part 3 Beyond Personal Law; 6 Entrusting the Faith: Religious Trusts and the Parsi Legal Profession7 Pure Parsi: Libel, Race, and Group Membership; Conclusion: Law and Identity; Appendix: Legislation; Glossary; Selective Bibliography; Index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781139865388
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781107047976
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781107661882
Weitere Ausg.:
Druckausg. Sharafi, Mitra, 1974 - Law and identity in colonial South Asia New York, NY : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2014 ISBN 1107047978
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781107047976
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Südasien
;
Kolonialismus
;
Parsen
;
Rechtsstellung
;
Kulturelle Identität
;
Geschichte 1772-1947
;
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