Olivelle A Dharma Reader

Classical Indian Law
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-231-54215-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 424 Seiten

Reihe: Historical Sourcebooks in Classical Indian Thought

A Dharma Reader traces the definition, epistemology, procedure, and process of Indian law from the third century B.C.E. to the middle ages. Its breadth captures the centuries-long struggle by Indian thinkers to theorize law in a multiethnic and pluralist society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Olivelle, Patrick

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Nature and Epistemology of Law
1. Early Thinkers
2. Later Aphoristic Texts on Dharma
3. Perspectives from Political Science: Kautilya (First–Second Century C.E.)
4. Innovations of Manu (Mid-Second Century C.E.)
5. Developments After Manu
6. The School of Vedic Exegesis
7. Early Commentators
8. Medieval Commentators and Systematizers
Part II: Courts of Law and Legal Procedure
9. The Beginnings
10. The Early Theorists
11. The Mature Phase
12. Early Commentators
13. Medieval Commentators and Systematizers
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Patrick Olivelle is professor emeritus of Sanskrit and Indian religions at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author and editor of a number of books, including King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India (2013); Visnu's Code of Law: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Vaisnava Dharmasastra (2009); Dharma: Studies in Its Semantic, Cultural, and Religious History (2009); Manu's Code of Law: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Manava-Dharmasastra (2005); and Dharmasutras: The Law Codes of Ancient India (1999).