Table of Contents

Abbreviations; Preface; Part I: Historical and conceptual background; 1: Introduction; 2: Rising from the Ashes: Postmodern Hindu Law; 3: Antecedents and Concepts of Traditional Hindu Law; 4: The Post-classical Evolution of Hindu Law and its Colonial Distortions; 5: Origins of Modernity in Hindu Law: Emerging Discourses on Reforms and Codification; 6: Contesting Modernity: Postcolonial Evolution Of Hindu Law; 7: Transcending Modernity: The Postmodern
Reconstruction Of Hindu Law; Part II: Substantive Hindu Law Beyond Tradition And Modernity; 8: Hindu Marriage Law; 9: Child Marriage; 10: Polygamy; 11: Divorce; 12: Maintenance; Part III: Concluding Analysis;
13: Postmodernity and Beyond; Table of Cases; List of Statutes; Bibliography; Index

About the Author

Werner F Menski Professor, School of Law, School of African and Asian Studies, University of London.