Custom and Law Practices in Central India: Some Case Studies

South Asia Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-134

  Holden, Livia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

customary law; customs; excommunication; expiation; Indian legal system; legal consciousness; official law; panchayat; pilgrimage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996251628     PISSN: 02627280     EISSN: 17413141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0262728003232001     Document Type: Article

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