Religion and law in independent India

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Religion and law in independent India

edited by Robert D. Baird

Manohar, 2005

2nd enl. ed

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"An international and multidisciplinary conference on religion and law in independent India was held at the University of Iowa on October 10-13, 1991"--Preface

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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This important volume is a major contribution to the interface between religion and law in independent India. The result of a cooperative International project, this multidisciplinary volume includes essays by eminent jurists, legal scholars, historians of religions, political scientists and Sanskritists from India and abroad. This revised and updated edition has new essays on subjects such as the structure of religion and law in India; legal issues affecting the Sikh community; public endowments; and issues relating to caste and conversions.

目次

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Religion & Law in India: Adjusting to the Sacred as Secular
  • Religion & Secularism Under the Indian Constitution
  • Indias Constitution & Traditional Presuppositions Regarding Human Nature
  • On Defining Hinduism as a Religious & Legal Category
  • Mandal, Mandir, Masjid: The Citizen as Endangered Species in Independent India
  • Muslim Personal Law & Political Identity in Independent India
  • Interaction of Islam & Public Law in Independent India
  • The Shah Bano Case: Some Political Implications
  • Sikhs & the Law: A Century of Conflict over Identity & Authority
  • The Personal Laws or a Uniform Civil Code?
  • Religion, Politics & Law in Contemporary India: Judicial Doctrine in Critical Perspective
  • Women, Children & the Constitution: Hostages to religion, Outcaste
  • Law
  • Devadasi Reform: Driving the Priestesses or the Prostitutes Out of Hindu Temples?
  • Renunciation & Law in India
  • Auroville & the Courts in India: Religion & Secular
  • To Convert or Not to Convert: Legal & Political Dimensions of Conversion in Independent India
  • Conflict in the Courts: Cates & Religious Conversion in the Indian Secular State
  • How Not to Be a Hindu: The Case of the Ramakrishna Mission
  • Recognition & Legislation of Private Religious Endowments in Indian Law
  • A Persistent Disjunction: Parallel Realms of Law in India
  • Reflections on Law & Meaningfulness in a North Indian Hindu Village
  • Index of Cases
  • Index.

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