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02384cam a22002418i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9781108498340 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
346.01660954 |
| Item number |
SAX-D |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Saxena, Saumya |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Divorce and democracy : |
| Sub Title |
a history of personal Law in post-independence India / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
by Saumya Saxena. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Delhi: |
| Name of publisher |
Cambridge University Press, |
| Year of publication |
2022 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
xvi,350p. |
| Accompanying material |
24cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Based on author's thesis (doctoral -- University of Cambridge, 2017) issued under title: Politics of personal law in post-independence India c.1946-2007. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes glossary (page no. 331-334) bibliographical references (page no. 335-365) and index.(page no. 367-377) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"This book demonstrates that family law, arguably the most visible sphere of such contestation, emerged as a particularly hospitable arena for conversations between religious and legal regimes, to institute the normative framework that could govern the domestic lives of citizens. The work illustrates how the codification of religious personal laws permitted the Indian state to enter into an intimate dialogue with citizens, largely mediated through religion. Thus, through this process, the state also secured monopoly over determining what constituted religion, as well as the right to determine the validity and scope of religious practices. This book therefore suggests that religious personal law played a key role in determining the legal place for religion in India's secular democracy. The controversy on the issue of personal law has contributed to a unique evolution of both the rule of law and the doctrine of secularism in twentieth century India. By tracing the response of legislature, the courts, and civil society movements to the question of cultural rights and notions of abstract citizenship, this book exhibits how the translation of marriage and divorce laws of Hindu, Muslim, and Christian communities into statutes introduced new questions on the tenuous links between the law and the sacred, as well as on the problematic rhetoric of the reformative potential of law"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Domestic relations |
| Geographic subdivision |
India. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Legal polycentricity |
| Geographic subdivision |
India. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Religion and state |
| Geographic subdivision |
India. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Muslims |
| General subdivision |
Legal status |
| Geographic subdivision |
India. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Hindus |
| General subdivision |
Legal status |
| Geographic subdivision |
India. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Christians |
| General subdivision |
laws |
| Geographic subdivision |
India. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Law |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
Books |
