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Legal theory in the colonies : Hindu and Jewish scholars under British rule / Assaf Likhovski.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Likhovski, Assaf, Author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Jurisprudence--History.
Jurisprudence.
Comparative law--History.
Comparative law.
Law--India--History.
Law.
Law--Israel--History.
Hindu law--History.
Hindu law.
Jewish law--History.
Jewish law.
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge University Press, 2026.
Summary:
"This book reveals a vast and sophisticated body of non-Western works on legal theory and tells the remarkable stories of the scholars who created it. It will interest legal, intellectual and colonial historians and scholars of comparative law. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Part I. Institutions and works
Legal education and legal theory in colonial India
Legal education and legal theory in Mandatory Palestine
Interlude 1: Goals
Part II. Individual scholars
The life and jurisprudential ideas of Radhabinod Pal
The life and jurisprudential ideas of Samuel Eisenstadt
Interlude 2: Politics
Part III. Ancient public law
The Hindu polity literature
The study of ancient Jewish public law
Interlude 3: Impact
Legal education and legal theory in Egypt and China
Epilogue: The decline and resurgence of legal nationalism in postcolonial India and Israel.
ISBN:
1-009-69987-3

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