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The Mulukī Ain of 1854 : Nepal's First Legal Code / edited by Rajan Khatiwoda, Simon Cubelic, Axel Michaels.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Michaels, Axel, editor.
Cubelic, Simon, editor.
Khatiwoda, Rajan, editor.
Series:
Documenta Nepalica.
Documenta Nepalica
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Law--Nepal.
Law.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xix, 882 pages).
Other Title:
"Mulukī Ain" of 1854
"Mulukī Ain" of 1854
Place of Publication:
Heidelberg : Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP), 2021.
Summary:
Der Mulukī Ain von 1854, das erste Gesetzbuch Nepals, gehört zu den bedeutendsten Werken der modernen nepalesischen Rechtsgeschichte. Vom Staatsaufbau und Gerichtswesen über Tötungs- und Eigentumsdelikte bis hin zu Kasten- und Reinheitsvorschriften werden nahezu alle Aspekte des Straf- und Privatrechts, des öffentlichen, religiösen und Gewohnheitsrechts eingehend behandelt. Dadurch ist der Mulukī Ain nicht nur eine einzigartige Quelle für das politische, gesellschaftliche und wirtschaftliche Leben in Nepal zur Zeit des 19. Jahrhunderts, sondern auch für die Stellung der hinduistischen Jurisprudenz in den Rechtskulturen Südasiens.
The Mulukī Ain of 1854-the law code with constitutional features drafted at the initiative of Prime Minister Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā-is the foundational legal text for modern Nepal. It covers almost every aspect of public, criminal, private and religious law, ranging from the organisation of the state and courts to murder and other delicts, the workings of the caste system and the joint family, matters of purity and penance, customary law, widow-burning and witchcraft. As such, the Mulukī Ain is a unique source not only for the political, social and economic life of 19th-century Nepal, but also for the place of traditional Hindu jurisprudence in South Asian legal cultures.
Notes:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP), viewed May 13, 2023).

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