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Record Nr.

UNISA996248222703316

Autore

Davis Donald R (Donald Richard), <1970->

Titolo

The spirit of Hindu law / / Donald R. Davis, Jr [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010

ISBN

0-511-67019-2

0-511-73918-4

1-107-21082-8

1-282-54702-X

9786612547027

0-511-67432-5

0-511-67551-8

0-511-67226-8

0-511-67098-2

0-511-67475-9

0-511-67353-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 194 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

340.5/34

Soggetti

Hindu law

Jurisprudence - Religious aspects

Hindu law - Philosophy

Hinduism - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction (dharmaśāstra) -- Sources and theologies (pramāṇa) -- Hermeneutics and ethics (mīmāṃsā) -- Debt and meaning (ṛṇa) -- Persons and things (svatva) -- Doubts and disputes (vyavahāra) -- Rectitude and rehabilitation (daṇḍa) -- Law and practice (ācāra).

Sommario/riassunto

Law is too often perceived solely as state-based rules and institutions that provide a rational alternative to religious rites and ancestral customs. The Spirit of Hindu Law uses the Hindu legal tradition as a heuristic tool to question this view and reveal the close linkage between law and religion. Emphasizing the household, the family, and everyday



relationships as additional social locations of law, it contends that law itself can be understood as a theology of ordinary life. An introduction to traditional Hindu law and jurisprudence, this book is structured around key legal concepts such as the sources of law and authority, the laws of persons and things, procedure, punishment and legal practice. It combines investigation of key themes from Sanskrit legal texts with discussion of Hindu theology and ethics, as well as thorough examination of broader comparative issues in law and religion.