Book contents
- The Hindu Family and the Emergence of Modern India
- Series page
- The Hindu Family and the Emergence of Modern India
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Maps
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Book part
- Introduction: Hindu law, family and Indian democracy
- 1 Making the modern Indian family: property rights and the individual in colonial law
- 2 Financing a new citizenship: the Hindu family, income tax and political representation in late-colonial India
- 3 Wives and property or wives as property? The Hindu family and women’s property rights
- 4 The Hindu Code Bill: creating the modern Hindu legal subject
- 5 B. R. Ambedkar's Code Bill: caste, marriage and postcolonial Indian citizenship
- 6 Family, nation and economy: establishing a postcolonial patriarchy
- Conclusion: modern democracy, secularism and the Hindu family in postcolonial India
- Appendix Law Members involved with the Hindu Code Bill
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - The Hindu Code Bill: creating the modern Hindu legal subject
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2013
Book contents
- The Hindu Family and the Emergence of Modern India
- Series page
- The Hindu Family and the Emergence of Modern India
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Maps
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Book part
- Introduction: Hindu law, family and Indian democracy
- 1 Making the modern Indian family: property rights and the individual in colonial law
- 2 Financing a new citizenship: the Hindu family, income tax and political representation in late-colonial India
- 3 Wives and property or wives as property? The Hindu family and women’s property rights
- 4 The Hindu Code Bill: creating the modern Hindu legal subject
- 5 B. R. Ambedkar's Code Bill: caste, marriage and postcolonial Indian citizenship
- 6 Family, nation and economy: establishing a postcolonial patriarchy
- Conclusion: modern democracy, secularism and the Hindu family in postcolonial India
- Appendix Law Members involved with the Hindu Code Bill
- Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Hindu Family and the Emergence of Modern IndiaLaw, Citizenship and Community, pp. 128 - 161Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013