From early Sanskrit rulebooks to the modern codification of 'Hindu law', the authors examine interactions between Hinduism and law.

Foreword; List of contributors; Chronology; Map; Introduction Timothy Lubin, Donald R. Davis, Jr and Jayanth Krishnan; Part I. Hindu Law: 1. An historical overview of Hindu law Donald R. Davis, Jr; 2. Dharmä¿stra: a textual history Patrick Olivelle; 3. Hindu legal practice in premodern India Axel Michaels; 4. The creation of Anglo-Hindu law Rosane Rocher; 5. Marriage and family in colonial Hindu law Rachel Sturman; 6. Hindu law as personal law Rina Verma Williams; Part II. Law in Ancient and Medieval Hindu Traditions: 7. Hindu jurisprudence and scriptural hermeneutics Lawrence McCrea; 8. Indic conceptions of authority Timothy Lubin; 9. ¿¿dra Dharma and legal treatments of caste Ananya Vajpeyi; 10. Law, literature, and the problem of politics in medieval India Whitney Cox; 11. Hindu law as performance: ritual and poetic elements in Dharmä¿stra Robert Yelle; Part III. Law and Modern Hinduism: 12. Temples, deities, and the law Richard Davis; 13. In the divine court of appeals: vows before the God of justice Aditya Malik; 14. Contemporary caste discrimination and affirmative action Laura Dudley Jenkins; 15. Law and Hindu nationalist movements Smita Narula; 16. Legally and politically layered identities: a thumbnail survey of selected Hindu migration patterns from South Asia Jayanth Krishnan; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography.