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04180aam a2200529 i 4500 001 DA23A57E96FD11ED8856CD373CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230118010046 008 220606t20222022enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022020700 020 $a 1108498345 020 $a 9781108498340 035 $a (OCoLC)1334008164 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-ii--- 050 00 $a KNS540 $b .S29 2022 084 $a LAW000000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Saxena, Saumya, $e author. 245 10 $a Divorce and democracy : $b a history of personal Law in post-independence India / $c Saumya Saxena. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2022. 300 $a xvi, 377 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 500 $a Based on author's thesis (doctoral -- University of Cambridge, 2017) issued under title: Politics of personal law in post-independence India c.1946-2007. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Personal law and the making of modern religion, 1946-56 -- Committees, codes, and customs : renegotiating personal law, 1957-69 -- Social movements, national emergency, and the custody of the Constitution, 1967-79 -- Muslim law, Hindu nationalism, and Indian secularisms, 1980-92 -- The court in context, 1992-2000s -- From the courtroom to the courtyard : the public life of personal law, 2000-present -- Conclusion. 520 $a "This book demonstrates that family law, arguably the most visible sphere of such contestation, emerged as a particularly hospitable arena for conversations between religious and legal regimes, to institute the normative framework that could govern the domestic lives of citizens. The work illustrates how the codification of religious personal laws permitted the Indian state to enter into an intimate dialogue with citizens, largely mediated through religion. Thus, through this process, the state also secured monopoly over determining what constituted religion, as well as the right to determine the validity and scope of religious practices. This book therefore suggests that religious personal law played a key role in determining the legal place for religion in India's secular democracy. The controversy on the issue of personal law has contributed to a unique evolution of both the rule of law and the doctrine of secularism in twentieth century India. By tracing the response of legislature, the courts, and civil society movements to the question of cultural rights and notions of abstract citizenship, this book exhibits how the translation of marriage and divorce laws of Hindu, Muslim, and Christian communities into statutes introduced new questions on the tenuous links between the law and the sacred, as well as on the problematic rhetoric of the reformative potential of law"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Domestic relations $z India. 650 0 $a Legal polycentricity $z India. 650 0 $a Religion and state $z India. 650 0 $a Muslims $x Legal status, laws, etc. $z India. 650 0 $a Hindus $x Legal status, laws, etc. $z India. 650 0 $a Christians $x Legal status, laws, etc. $z India. 651 0 $a India $x Politics and government $y 1947- 650 7 $a LAW / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Christians $x Legal status, laws, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00859771 650 7 $a Domestic relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00896646 650 7 $a Hindus $x Legal status, laws, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00957180 650 7 $a Legal polycentricity. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00995519 650 7 $a Muslims $x Legal status, laws, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01031055 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Religion and state. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01093863 651 7 $a India. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210276 648 7 $a Since 1947 $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Saxena, Saumya. $t Divorce and democracy $d Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022 $z 9781108653459 $w (DLC) 2022020701 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20230118010618.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DA23A57E96FD11ED8856CD373CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search