Towards a sociology of Indian law
- 1st ed.
- Delhi Satvahan 1986
- 168 p.
The original of the present monograph was commissioned by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, as a contribution to their Survey of Research in Sociology and Social Anthropology, 1969-1979 (Satvahan, 1986). The text of this Survey, reproduced here in an augmented form, goes much further back than 1969; I record here my appreciation of the ICSSR for their indulgence on this score.
Since the text was submitted to the ICSSR in early 1980, it explored themes, issues and literature emerging till then. Since the Survey is being published only now (1986), I requested the ICSSR to permit a separate monographic publication with a postscript and supplementary biblio graphy, since to revise the manuscript would not merely have added to the delay in the publication of their series but also disrupted their time span for the Survey series. I remain appreciative of the ICSSR's ready agreement to this suggestion.