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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.

A postcolonial patriarchy? Representing family in the Indian nation-state (2010)
Journal Article
Newbigin, E. (2010). A postcolonial patriarchy? Representing family in the Indian nation-state. Modern Asian Studies, 44(01), 121-144. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X09990096

That the transition to self-governance under a nation-state has not been accompanied by the greater focus on Indian citizens’ welfare which many expected, has been the source of much confusion and disappointment. Looking at late-colonial debates abou... Read More about A postcolonial patriarchy? Representing family in the Indian nation-state.

The codification of personal law and secular citizenship: revisiting the history of law reform in late colonial India (2009)
Journal Article
Newbigin, E. (2009). The codification of personal law and secular citizenship: revisiting the history of law reform in late colonial India. Indian Economic and Social History Review, 46(1), 83-104. https://doi.org/10.1177/001946460804600105

Recent debates about personal law and a uniform civil code in India have seen both Hindu and Muslim leaders insist on the ‘religious’ status of Muslim law vis-à-vis a more secular or ‘civil’ Hindu legal system. This article argues that such claims ob... Read More about The codification of personal law and secular citizenship: revisiting the history of law reform in late colonial India.