HISTORY OF INDIAN LAW

Varadachariar, Srinivasa: Radha Kumud Mookerjee Endowment Lectures, 1945 on the Hindu judicial system. Published by the Lucknow University 1946.

Independence-era lectures on ancient Indian legal history. "It now seems to be more generally recognised that a sympathetic understanding of the oriental point of view is necessary [...] Indians must however recognise that for expressions of condescension [...] found in the writings of western historians and jurists, we are ourselves partly responsible. While foreign jurists, in spite of their many disadvantages, have, out of a spirit of research, directed their attention to Hindu Law, no matter with what success, we ourselves have simply looked on" (Preface). The author was a judge in the Federal Court of India.

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First edition. 8vo. (22.2 cms. x 14.2 cms.), pp. x, 267 [1]. Roman letter, occasional Sanskrit. Stamps of Middle Temple Library, neat pencil note "Withdrawn July 2013". Pasted in slip, "With the Compliments of The Registrar, Federal Court of India, New Delhi". Bound in blue publisher's cloth, printed in black on front cover, spine faded.