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Uniform civil code for India : proposed blueprint for scholarly discourse
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shetreet, Shimon, Author.
- Chodosh, Hiram, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Domestic relations--Legal status, laws, etc--India.
- Domestic relations.
- Legal polycentricity--India.
- Legal polycentricity.
- Religious minorities--India.
- Religious minorities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Article 44 of The Constitution of India, provides that 'The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a Uniform Civil Code throughout the territory of India'. Even after more than six decades, this anticipated code has not been developed or implemented. This book provides a blueprint for alternative frameworks and courses of action, drawing on lessons from comparative context to develop a Uniform Civil Code for India.
- Contents:
- Comparative analysis of law, religion, and culture
- Country studies of law, culture, and religion
- Comparative lessons and the case of India
- Conclusion to Part One
- Conflicting ideals of authority
- Conflicts of law
- Conflicts of reform
- Social and political conflicts
- Conclusion to Part Two : Institutionalizing mediation of the Uniform Civil Code.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 24, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-908947-7
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