Politics of Personal Law in South Asia

Name: Politics of Personal Law in South Asia
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Politics of Personal Law in South AsiaIdentity, Nationalism and the Uniform Civil Code\nAuthor(s): Partha S. Ghosh\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge India\nISBN-13: 9780367367442, 978-0367367442\nSynopsis\nIt is a political study of the controversy surrounding the issue of the uniform civil code vis--vis personal laws from a South Asian perspective. \n\nAt the centre of the debate is whether there should be a centralized view of the legal system in a given society or a decentralized view, both horizontally and vertically. \n\nThis issue is entangled within the threads of identity politics, minority rights, womens rights, national integration, global Islamic politics and universal human rights. Champions of each category view it through their own prisms, making the debate extremely complex, especially in politically and socially plural South Asia.\n\nSo, this book attempts to harmonize the threads of the debate to provide a.