Covering the earliest Sanskrit rulebooks through to the codification of 'Hindu law' in modern times, this interdisciplinary volume examines the interactions bet

Between 1955 and 1956 the Government of India passed four Hindu Law Acts to reform and codify Hindu family law. Scholars have understood these acts as a respons

This classic work is back in a single volume and packs in the entire contents of the earlier two-volume editions. The present edition traces the developments in