ON UNDERSTANDING THE CASTE LAW IN INDIA Cover Image

PRILOG RAZUMEVANJU KASTINSKOG PRAVA U INDIJI
ON UNDERSTANDING THE CASTE LAW IN INDIA

Author(s): Robert M. Hayden
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Politics and law, Evaluation research, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: Caste law; India;

Summary/Abstract: This article describes the institution used by an Indian caste in the disputes process between caste members, in a setting in which the government’s courts are never used. The analysis shows that the caste council works In a way thaitis totally different from a modern, European-style court. Courts work to separate guilty people from society, while the caste council reintegrates people who have misbehaved.

  • Issue Year: 17/1983
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 105-114
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Serbian