| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 194 pages) |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-189) and index. |
| Summary |
"Law is too often perceived solely as state-based rules and institutions that provide a rational alternative to religious rites and ancestral customs. The Spirit of Hindu Law uses the Hindu legal tradition as a heuristic tool to question this view and reveal the close linkage between law and religion. Emphasizing the household, the family, and everyday relationships as additional social locations of law, it contends that law itself can be understood as a theology of ordinary life. An introduction to traditional Hindu law and jurisprudence, this book is structured around key legal concepts such as the sources of law and authority, the laws of persons and things, procedure, punishment and legal practice. It combines investigation of key themes from Sanskrit legal texts with discussion of Hindu theology and ethics, as well as thorough examination of broader comparative issues in law and religion"--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction (dharmaśāstra) -- Sources and theologies (pramāṇa) -- Hermeneutics and ethics (mīmāṃsā) -- Debt and meaning (q̣ṇa) -- Persons and things (svatva) -- Doubts and disputes (vyavahāra) -- Rectitude and rehabilitation (daṇḍa) -- Law and practice (ācāra). |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hindu law.
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Hindu law. |
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Jurisprudence -- Religious aspects.
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Jurisprudence. |
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Hindu law -- Philosophy.
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Hindu law -- Philosophy. |
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Hinduism -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Hinduism. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Davis, Donald R. (Donald Richard), 1970- Spirit of Hindu law. Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521877046 (DLC) 2009042028 (OCoLC)455421080 |
| ISBN |
9780511673535 (electronic book) |
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0511673531 (electronic book) |
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9780511675515 (electronic book) |
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0511675518 (electronic book) |
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9780511672262 (ebook) |
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0511672268 (ebook) |
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9780511674754 (electronic book) |
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0511674759 (electronic book) |
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9780521877046 (hardback) |
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0521877040 |
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