Hindu Law -�A New History of Dharmasastra  (English, Paperback, Patrick Olivelle, Donald R. Davis)

Patrick Olivelle is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on the ancient Indian legal tradition of Dharmasastra. Olivelle has won several prestigious fellowships, including Guggenheim, NEH, and ACLS. He was elected Vice President of the American Oriental Society in 2004 and President in 2005. He is the editor of A Dharma Reader: Classical Indian Law (Columbia University Press, 2016). Donald R. Davis is Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His current research broadens his interest in the practice of Hindu law in historical perspective, using materials beyond the Dharmasastra texts and from many parts of medieval India. Contributors: Mikael Aktor, Adam Bowles, David Brick, Donald R. Davis Jr., Richard H. Davis, Jonardon Ganeri, Ariel Glucklich, Andrea Gutirrez, Maria Heim, Knut A. Jacobsen, Stephanie W. Jamison, Timothy Lubin, Mark McClish, James McHugh, Axel Michaels, Christian Lee Novetzke, Patrick Olivelle, Ludo Rocher, Matthew R. Sayers, Gregory Schopen