Law and Society in Modern India

by Marc Galanter, Rajeev Dhavan (Editor)

Though "modern Indian law" is actually of Western origin, Galanter here contends that independent India has accepted this mid-twentieth century legal system intellectually and institutionally. His thirteen articles, covering a wide range of issues in Indian society, explore the operation of
modern Indian law, and explicate the ways in which a complex body of formal law accommodates and adjusts itself to local conditions to which it is alien.

Genres: Law

430 pages, Hardcover

First published January 18, 1990