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Law and Society in Modern India (Oxford India Paperbacks)
Law and Society in Modern India - Oxford India Paperbacks Author:Marc Galanter 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 com... more »plex body of formal law accommodates and adjusts itself to local conditions to which it is alien.« less