Filing religion: state, Hinduism, and courts of law
This volume explores how court actions significantly shape Hinduism in Indian and Nepalese societies, perhaps even more so than the ideology of any political party. How do courts, within the framework of secularism, deal in practice with Hinduism? The approach developed is resolutely historical and...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
New Delhi
Oxford University Press
[2016]
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
India
/ Britisch-Indien
/ Nepal
/ Hinduism
/ Jurisdiction
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Hinduism and state ; India B Hinduism and state; India B Religion and law ; Nepal B Hinduism and state (India) B Religion and law; Nepal B Religion And Law (India) B Religion And Law (Nepal) B Religion and law ; India B Hinduism and state; Nepal B Hinduism and state ; Nepal B Religion and law; India B Hinduism and state (Nepal) |
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| Summary: | This volume explores how court actions significantly shape Hinduism in Indian and Nepalese societies, perhaps even more so than the ideology of any political party. How do courts, within the framework of secularism, deal in practice with Hinduism? The approach developed is resolutely historical and anthropological and relies on in-depth ethnography and archival research |
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| ISBN: | 0199086842 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199463794.001.0001 |