It includes Foreword, Preface, Acknowledgement, Contents, Table of Cases, Abbreviations, Maps, Appendices, Bibliography, Glossary, and Subject Index Pages.
Description:
Overview:

Legal history enables us to understand the law and the legal process in a better way. Laws do not take birth in a vacuum. They are necessitated by the circumstances in which they are born.

The book consists of the important events and cases enhancing the value of the book. The thematic treatment has made the narrative more readable and the subject-matter convenient from the point of view of easy and better understanding, for students as well as other readers. The use of diagrams, tabulations and maps contributes to easier understanding of the subject. The glossary of terms is a welcome addition for students coming from different disciplines for the law course.

Table Of Contents:

PART I

1. Historiography

2. The Evolution of Major Legal system



PART II ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

THEME I GOVERNMENT



3. Government in Ancient Times

4. Government in Medieval Times



THEME II LEGAL INSTITUTIONS



5. Ancient Period

6. Medieval Legal Institutions



THEME III LAW



7. Ancient Period

8. Medieval Period



THEME IV SOCIETY



9. Ancient Period

10. Medieval Period



PART III THE COLONIAL PERIOD

THEME I GOVERNMENT



11. Government in the colonial period 17th century till 1892

12. Towards Independence



THEME II LEGAL INSTITUTIONS COLONIAL PERIOD



13. Colonial period evolution of legal institutions



THEME III LAW



14. Evolution of law in the colonial period



THEME IV SOCIETY



15. The 19th century Indian Renaissance and Nationalism



APPENDICES



1. Celebrated Cases

2. The System of Adjudication in India Today

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