2009/06/01 by Werner Menski · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Law in Society and Culture #Legal and cultural studies analysis #Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies
paper · doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195699210.003.0007
openalex publication_date 2009/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
This chapter discusses the transition of Hindu law to postmodernity. This change of Hindu law is charted through an analysis of different processes of society-state interactions in post-colonial India. It also identifies the role of judicial activity as critical in shaping this development, particularly in following the constitutional crisis of legitimacy of the modern Indian state and its desperate and draconian attempts.