The Supreme Court of India in its recent decision in the Shabnam Hashmi case took another step towards the harmonization of family law in India by holding Muslims too could adopt under the Juvenile Justice …
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The Changing Debate Over Personal Laws in India
The current issue of the Frontline magazine focuses on the changing debate over personal laws. In the lead story, I argue that the fragmentation of religious authority, greater debate within communities, and growing awareness of …
Continue readingCall for Collaboration: Islam, Law and Society Project
Katherine Lemmons and Jeff Redding are seeking scholars to collaborate on an exciting new project that examine the growth of non-state providers of Islamic law and governance. Project Statement In recent decades, states around the …
Continue readingOf the State and Beyond the State
I wanted to flag two articles that both provide important ways of thinking about law the state and our colonial legacy. Siddharth Narain in EPW traces the history of sedition laws and asks pertinent questions …
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