Uniform Civil Code and Reform of Muslim Law: The Crisis of Commonsense, 1975
Scope and Contents
The Upendra Baxi Collection is a digital collection that currently comprises a single series, Bibliography. This series is organised into several subseries, including Published Academic Articles, Published Book Chapters, Published Books, Published Book Reviews, Published Lectures and Presentations from Conferences and Seminars, Newspaper Articles, Letters and Correspondence (Mathura Rape Case), Other Media, and Media Articles by Others on the Mathura Rape Case.
Dates
- Publication: 1975
Creator
- Upendra Baxi (Author, Person)
- Sharunya (Archives Intern, Person)
- Meghashree Dev (Processing Archivist, Person)
Full Extent
From the Collection: 250 Megabytes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Upendra Baxi's work on "Uniform Civil Code and Reform of Muslim Law: The Crisis of Commonsense" (likely a talk or paper from Bombay/Mumbai) critically analyzes the contentious debate over a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India, arguing it's mired in flawed assumptions (a "crisis of commonsense") where religious identity clashes with gender justice and national integration, showing how personal laws, especially Muslim personal law, become sites for political power, legal ambiguity, and stalled reform despite constitutional ideals of equality, notes legal scholar. Bombay
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the NLS Law and Society Archives Repository