In this piece, the author analyses Julia Stephens’ book through the lens of theories of numerous thinkers. The author discusses the British perception of Mughal law, the philosophy driving the...
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Governing Islam by Julia Stephens: A Response from Jhuma Sen
(As part of our blog round-table book discussion, this is the third of the substantive responses to Julia Stephen’s Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia, by Professor Jhuma Sen.)...
(As part of our blog round-table book discussion, this is the second of the substantive responses to Julia Stephen’s Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia, by Professor Jeffrey...
(As part of our blog round-table book discussion, this is the first of the substantive responses to Julia Stephen’s Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia, by Professor Zubair...
(Over the next few days, the Law and Other Things Blog will run a book discussion on Julia Stephen’s Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia. This is the introductory post by...
The Law and Other Things Blog has run a book discussion on Julia Stephen’s Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia. The essays, in chronological order, are below: Introduction (by...
This post analyses the Supreme Court's attempt to reconcile its dominant liberalism/individualism based approach towards fundamental rights as against the group right claims under Article 26, in the...
This post is the second part of a three part series deconstructing the Sabarimala Verdict which opened the gates of temple to women devotees.
The High Court of Bombay in Balchand Lalwant v. Nazneen Qureshi recently held that a Hindu who had converted to Islam, would be considered eligible to succeed to her father’s property under the Hindu...
Guest Post by Vivek Anandh, an advocate in the Delhi High Court The recent decision of the Supreme Court to refer the Sabarimala Temple entry issue to a larger constitutional bench has thrown up a...