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.