A Short Treatise on Hindu Law

Download or read book A Short Treatise on Hindu Law written by Herbert Cowell and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the sole edition. Cowell's book deals with the class of laws observed by members of the Hindu community in India that were recognized under British rule and incorporated into the colonial legal system. These dealt principally with family organization, land tenure and succession. A Short Treatise is founded partly on the author's Tagore Law Lectures of 1870 and 1871, and partly on lectures addressed to the students of the Inns of Court in 1893. It dates from a time when Anglo-Hindu law was a mature system that had attained its highest level of sophistication.