TY  - BOOK
AU  - Deva, Indra, ed.
TI  - Sociology of law
SN  - 0195672364
U1  - 340.115 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Law--Social aspects
N1  - I. Functioning of the legal system. 1. Colonial nature of the Indian legal system / Upendra Baxi --
2. Administration of Hindu law by the British / J. Duncan M. Derrett --
3. Law and the people / V.R. Krishna Iyer --
4. Patterns of criminal justice amongst some tribes / Krishna Kumar --
5. Law as an instrument of change in India / J.S. Gandhi --
II. The legal profession. 6. Development of the legal profession in India / Samuel Schmitthener --
7. Legal profession and society : a study of lawyers and their clients / K.L. Sharma --
8. Social organization at the district courts : colleague relationships among Indian lawyers --
III. Law and religious identity. 9. Religion, law, and secularism / Donald Eugene Smith --
10. Personal laws or a uniform civil code? / John H. Mansfield --
11. The personal law question and Hindu nationalism / Dieter Conrad --
12. The Shah Bano case : some political implications / Kavita R. Khory --
IV. Law and the disadvantaged groups. 13. Pursuing equality in the land of hierarchy / Marc Galanter --
14. Jurisprudential foundation of reservations / M.P. Singh --
15. Mandal revisited / Ram Jethmalani --
16. Empowerment of women : legal strategies / S.P. Sathe --
V. Societal role of judiciary. 17. Towards an Indian jurisprudence of social action and public interest litigation / V.R. Krishna Iyer --
18. Public interest litigation / Mahabaleshwar N. Morje --
VI. Law and social change. 19. Growth of traditional legal system : the perspective of change through the ages / Indira Deva and Shrirama --
20. Law and social change in India / Yogenda Singh --
21. Constitution and revolutions / Peter G. Sack
ER  -