UID:
almahu_9947415278302882
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 194 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511674754 (ebook)
Content:
Law is too often perceived solely as state-based rules and institutions that provide a rational alternative to religious rites and ancestral customs. The Spirit of Hindu Law uses the Hindu legal tradition as a heuristic tool to question this view and reveal the close linkage between law and religion. Emphasizing the household, the family, and everyday relationships as additional social locations of law, it contends that law itself can be understood as a theology of ordinary life. An introduction to traditional Hindu law and jurisprudence, this book is structured around key legal concepts such as the sources of law and authority, the laws of persons and things, procedure, punishment and legal practice. It combines investigation of key themes from Sanskrit legal texts with discussion of Hindu theology and ethics, as well as thorough examination of broader comparative issues in law and religion.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Introduction (dharmaśāstra) -- Sources and theologies (pramāṇa) -- Hermeneutics and ethics (mīmāṃsā) -- Debt and meaning (ṛṇa) -- Persons and things (svatva) -- Doubts and disputes (vyavahāra) -- Rectitude and rehabilitation (daṇḍa) -- Law and practice (ācāra).
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521877046
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511674754
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