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