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A Dharma Reader - Classical Indian Law (Hardcover)
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A Dharma Reader - Classical Indian Law (Hardcover)
Series: Historical Sourcebooks in Classical Indian Thought
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Whether defined by family, lineage, caste, professional or
religious association, village, or region, India's diverse groups
did settle on a concept of law in classical times. How did they
reach this consensus? Was it based on religious grounds or a
transcendent source of knowledge? Did it depend on time and place?
And what apparatus did communities develop to ensure justice was
done, verdicts were fair, and the guilty were punished? Addressing
these questions and more, A Dharma Reader traces the definition,
epistemology, procedure, and process of Indian law from the third
century B.C.E. to the middle ages. Its breadth captures the
centuries-long struggle by Indian thinkers to theorize law in a
multiethnic and pluralist society. The volume includes new and
accessible translations of key texts, notes that explain the
significance and chronology of selections, and a comprehensive
introduction that summarizes the development of various disciplines
in intellectual-historical terms. It reconstructs the principal
disputes of a given discipline, which not only clarifies the
arguments but also relays the dynamism of the fight. For those
seeking a richer understanding of the political and intellectual
origins of a major twenty-first-century power, along with unique
insight into the legal interactions among its many groups, this
book offers exceptional detail, historical precision, and
expository illumination.
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