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100	1		_aSaxena, Saumya, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDivorce and democracy : _ba history of personal Law in post-independence India / _cSaumya Saxena.
260			_aNew York _bCambridge University Press _c2022
263			_a2208
300			_apages cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aBased on author's thesis (doctoral -- University of Cambridge, 2017) issued under title: Politics of personal law in post-independence India c.1946-2007.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aDomestic relations _zIndia.
650		0	_aLegal polycentricity _zIndia.
650		0	_aReligion and state _zIndia.
650		0	_aMuslims _xLegal status, laws, etc. _zIndia.
650		0	_aHindus _xLegal status, laws, etc. _zIndia.
650		0	_aChristians _xLegal status, laws, etc. _zIndia.
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650		7	_aLAW / General _2bisacsh
651		0	_aIndia _xPolitics and government _y1947-
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aSaxena, Saumya. _tDivorce and democracy _dCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022 _z9781108653459 _w(DLC) 2022020701
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