Law and Caste in Modern India
Law and Caste in Modern India
Author(s): Marc Galanter
Source: Asian Survey, Vol. 3, No. 11, (Nov., 1963), pp. 544-559
Published by: University of California Press
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L AW AND CASTE IN MODERN INDIA
M ARC GALANTER
W hile there i s i n m odern I ndia n o s ingle nation-wide system o f caste, t here i s what m ight b e called a n a ll-India legal culture. T his essay i s c oncerned with " caste" a s a n aspect o f t his culture. I t d escribes t he w ays i n which the legal system recognizes a nd r egulates caste and i t suggests the ways i n which these legal conceptions a nd r ules may influence caste as a n institution. The legal culture h as m any levels; t he developments described here a re a t t he h igher a nd m ore
Author(s): Marc Galanter
Source: Asian Survey, Vol. 3, No. 11, (Nov., 1963), pp. 544-559
Published by: University of California Press
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3023430
Accessed: 19/05/2008 17:14
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L AW AND CASTE IN MODERN INDIA
M ARC GALANTER
W hile there i s i n m odern I ndia n o s ingle nation-wide system o f caste, t here i s what m ight b e called a n a ll-India legal culture. T his essay i s c oncerned with " caste" a s a n aspect o f t his culture. I t d escribes t he w ays i n which the legal system recognizes a nd r egulates caste and i t suggests the ways i n which these legal conceptions a nd r ules may influence caste as a n institution. The legal culture h as m any levels; t he developments described here a re a t t he h igher a nd m ore