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  • Custom and Law Practices in Central India: some case studies

    Author(s)
    Holden, L.
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Holden, Livia
    Year published
    2003
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    Abstract
    This article features qualitative case law studies based on extensive fieldwork in rural Madhya Pradesh in India. It focuses on perceptions of law in the dispute-settlement process at the grassroots level, highlighting the features of legal consciousness especially in relation to forum-shopping strategies between traditional and official jurisdiction. It shows that at the local level customs are reinterpreted in the light of modern values. Yet they remain the main reference point in the struggle between official law and traditional law.This article features qualitative case law studies based on extensive fieldwork in rural Madhya Pradesh in India. It focuses on perceptions of law in the dispute-settlement process at the grassroots level, highlighting the features of legal consciousness especially in relation to forum-shopping strategies between traditional and official jurisdiction. It shows that at the local level customs are reinterpreted in the light of modern values. Yet they remain the main reference point in the struggle between official law and traditional law.
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    Journal Title
    South Asia Research
    Volume
    23
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1177/0262728003232001
    Subject
    Law and Society
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/59961
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