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020			_a9780198098478 (hbk.)
020			_a0198098472 (hbk.)
041			_aEnglish
082	0	4	_a340.1150954 _223 _bMEN
100	1		_aMendelsohn, Oliver,
245	1	0	_aLaw and social transformation in India / _cOliver Mendelsohn.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aNew Delhi : _bOxford University Press, _c2014.
300			_axxxii, 302 pages ; _c23 cm
505			_a -- _t1. The pathology of the Indian legal system _t2. How Indian is Indian law? _t3. The transformation of authority in rural India _t4. The question of the 'Harijan atrocity' _t5. From colonial to post-colonial law in India _t6. The Indian legal profession, the courts and globalisation _t7. Life and struggles in the stone quarries of India : a case study _t8. The Supreme Court as the most trusted public institution in India _t9. Law, terror and the Indian legal order.
520			_aThis work uncovers the historical roots and also the contemporary character of law and society in India. Steeped in years of fieldwork in both rural and urban India, the work places the new legal forces and processes introduced into India by the British alongside those that predated the colonial incursion and still have vitality today. Indian law is now undergoing a period of comparatively rapid change. Globalisation has brought dynamism to some of the law firms of India, particularly in Mumbai, and this impact is considered here. There is growing impatience with the slowness and inefficiencies of the courts - though, contrary to much opinion, litigation is seen here to be declining rather than growing. Meanwhile, there has been cumulatively dramatic change to authority in the countryside. The great flagship of Indian law continues to be the uniquely activist Supreme Court and its Public Interest Litigation, but equally intriguing are the group-based and sometimes law-like activities of washerfolk in rural Rajasthan, diamond traders in downtown Mumbai, and the myriad communities in the great 'slums' of urban India. These are the themes taken up in this volume"--Unedited summary from book jacket.
650		0	_aSociological jurisprudence
942			_2ddc _cBOOKS
100	1		_eauthor.
490	1		_aLaw in India
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650		0	_zIndia.
830		0	_aLaw in India series.
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