A dharma reader : classical Indian law /

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 depe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Olivelle, Patrick (Compilador)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Sanskrit
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.
Colección:Historical sourcebooks in classical Indian thought.
Temas:
Dharma > Early works to 1800.
Sanskrit literature > Translations into English.
Dharma > Ouvrages avant 1800.
PHILOSOPHY > Eastern.
Dharma.
Sanskrit literature.
Early works.
Translations.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Nature and Epistemology of Law
  • 1. Early Thinkers
  • 2. Later Aphoristic Texts on Dharma
  • 3. Perspectives from Political Science: Kautilya (first-Second Century C.E.)
  • 4. Innovations of Manu (Mid-Second Century C.E.)
  • 5. Developments After Manu
  • 6. The School of Vedic Exegesis
  • 7. Early Commentators
  • 8. Medieval Commentators and Systematizers
  • Part II: Courts of Law and Legal Procedure
  • 9. The Beginnings
  • 10. The Early Theorists
  • 11. The Mature Phase
  • 12. Early Commentators
  • 13. Medieval Commentators and Systematizers
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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