Changing Concepts of Rights and Justice in South Asia (SOAS Studies on South Asia)

By Pamela Anderson Lee

Book Overview

This volume explores the relations between custom, law, and social change. International contributors discuss past beliefs and practices, as well as present day controversies, focusing particularly on the moral justification of religious laws and current social problems in India and Sri Lanka.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195641205
• ISBN13: 9780195641202
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: School of Oriental and African Studies
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.6"