Current Problems and the Legacy of the Past / John Duncan M Derrett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Derrett, John Duncan M., author.

Series:

Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000.

Essays in Classical and Modern Hindu Law ; 4.

Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000

Essays in Classical and Modern Hindu Law ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hindu law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1978.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front Matter

A Want of Legal History in The Supreme Court

Justice, Equity and Good Conscience in India.

Succession by A Murderer's Issue : An Incorrect Decision from Punjab

Preemption in Tesawalamai: a Problem in Choice of Residual Law

Preemption Amongst Hindus in Malabar

The Supreme Court and Preemption.

The Native Converts' Marriage Dissolution Act, 1866: Should it be Abolished ?

Section 488 of the Criminal Procedure Code and the Rights of Women: An Unruly Horse

If a Christian Woman Marries a Hindu Solely in a Hindu Ceremony of Marriage is She Entitled to an order for Maintenance under Section 488 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Is a Marriage of a Person under 21 under the Special Marriage Act (1872) Null and Void for Want of Consent of the Parent or Merely Voidable ?

A Round-Up of Bigamous Marriages.

Divorce by Caste Custom.

Hindu Matrimonial Freedom, Child Marriages, and Muslim Divorce Reform: Some Notes.

Matrimonial Freedom : A Step 'Forward' in Bombay.

The Runaway Spouse and The Indian Divorce Act

Marry in Haste: Repent at Leisure.

The Deserted Wife's "Equity" and Modern Indian Law.

May A Hindu Woman be The Manager of A Joint Family at Mitakshara Law?

A Coparcener's Wife's Jeopardy.

Indica Pietas: A current rule derived from remote Antiquity.

Hindu Law: Mitakshara: The Pious Obligation and The Doctrine of "Antecedency" : The end to A Prolonged Controversy ?

Avyāvahārika Debts and an Unfortunate Decision in The Supreme Court

An Intestate's Daughter's Marriage Expenses

Can A Christian be A Member of A Hindu Coparcenary?

Christian Hindus and Hindu Christians: A Puzzle for the Lawyer

The Hindu Law of Inheritance (Amendment) Act, 1929.

Finding The Reversioners after The Coming into Force of The Hindu Succession Act, 1956.

Section 14 of The Hindu Succession Act, 1956, and A Recent Supreme Court Decision.

A Hindu Law Miscellany, 1971.

A Hindu Law Miscellany, 1972-3.

Section 14 of The Hindu Succession Act : A Gratifying About - Face in Madras.

The Testamentary Capacity of A Sole Surviving Coparcener and The Rights of Widows.

The Personal Law of Syrian Christians in Tamilnad.

Cross-Communal Illegitimates

Conflicts of Personal Law and Kerala

Family Arrangements in Developing Countries

Testamentary Contracts and an Opportunity for Indian Law.

Minority in The Indian Subcontinent

Back Matter.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Print version: Current Problems and the Legacy of the Past.

ISBN:

9789004643918

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004643918 DOI

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