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Subjects:

Law -- India.
Law.
India.
Islamic law -- India.
Islamic law.

Contents:

Dharmaśāstra; the origin and purpose of the Smriti.
Dharmaśāstra; the commercial literature, by J. D. M. Lerrett.
The nature and sources of Islamic law.
Islamic law and its administration in India.
The Anglo-Muhammadan law, by J. N. D. Anderson.
The Indian High Courts before and after independence.
The Supreme Courts and -adr Courts; the High Courts, their jurisdiction and powers, the laws they administer, procedure.
The judges, the bar and the efficiency of the High Courts; relations between the High Courts and the government.
Fundamental rights.
Fundamental rights; the writ jurisdiction, by Sir Orby Mootham.
The rule of law and maintenance of constitutional freedom in India, by Ralph F. Fuchs.

Notes:

Foreword signed by Richard D. Lambert.
Bibliographical footnotes.

Contributor:

Lambert, Richard D.
University of Pennsylvania. South Asia Regional Studies Department.

OCLC:

6364440