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Public finance and personal law in late-colonial India (2017)
Book Chapter
Newbigin, E. (2017). Public finance and personal law in late-colonial India. In A. Balachandran, R. Pant, & B. Raman (Eds.), Iterations of Law: Legal Histories from India. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199477791.003.0010

This chapter considers the ways in which the fiscal demands of representative government, and specifically the development of a direct, personal income tax, impacted legal subjecthood during India’s transition to Independence. It shows how early twen... Read More about Public finance and personal law in late-colonial India.

Public finance and personal law in late-colonial India (2017)
Book Chapter
Newbigin, E. (2017). Public finance and personal law in late-colonial India. In A. Balachandran, R. Pant, & B. Raman (Eds.), Iterations of Law: Legal Histories from India. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199477791.003.0010

This chapter considers the ways in which the fiscal demands of representative government, and specifically the development of a direct, personal income tax, impacted legal subjecthood during India’s transition to Independence. It shows how early twen... Read More about Public finance and personal law in late-colonial India.

Constitutionalism and the evolution of democracy in India - special section in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2016)
Other
(2016). Constitutionalism and the evolution of democracy in India - special section in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Durham, NC

The essays in this special section make a significant intervention into debates about the evolution of democracy in South Asia by prompting us to rethink the role of constitutionalism in this process. They focus on three constitutional moments in ear... Read More about Constitutionalism and the evolution of democracy in India - special section in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

The Hindu family and the emergence of modern India: law, citizenship and community (2013)
Book
Newbigin, E. (2013). The Hindu family and the emergence of modern India: law, citizenship and community. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139795364

Between 1955 and 1956 the Government of India passed four Hindu Law Acts to reform and codify Hindu family law. Scholars have understood these acts as a response to growing concern about women's rights but, in a powerful re-reading of their history,... Read More about The Hindu family and the emergence of modern India: law, citizenship and community.

The Hindu family and the emergence of modern India: law, citizenship and community (2013)
Book
Newbigin, E. (2013). The Hindu family and the emergence of modern India: law, citizenship and community. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139795364

Between 1955 and 1956 the Government of India passed four Hindu Law Acts to reform and codify Hindu family law. Scholars have understood these acts as a response to growing concern about women's rights but, in a powerful re-reading of their history,... Read More about The Hindu family and the emergence of modern India: law, citizenship and community.

Personal law and citizenship in India’s transition to independence (2011)
Journal Article
Newbigin, E. (2011). Personal law and citizenship in India’s transition to independence. Modern Asian Studies, 45(01), 7-32. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X10000338

Studies of the post-colonial state have often presented it as a structure that has fallen under the control of self-interested sections of the Indian elite. In terms of citizenship, the failure of the state to do more to realize the egalitarian promi... Read More about Personal law and citizenship in India’s transition to independence.

Personal law and citizenship in India’s transition to independence (2011)
Journal Article
Newbigin, E. (2011). Personal law and citizenship in India’s transition to independence. Modern Asian Studies, 45(01), 7-32. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X10000338

Studies of the post-colonial state have often presented it as a structure that has fallen under the control of self-interested sections of the Indian elite. In terms of citizenship, the failure of the state to do more to realize the egalitarian promi... Read More about Personal law and citizenship in India’s transition to independence.