The Voice of Verdict: A study on Vyavahara-Dharma in Dharmasastra

by Braja Kishore Swain

The books contains au analysis of ancient Indian law in twenty one chapters. From the first chapter to fourth chapter concept of law and legal procedure are vividly discussed. From the fifth chapter to seventeenth chapter various subjects relating to debt, adoption, trade and commerce, community organisation etc., are critically analysed. From the eighteenth chapter to twentieth chapter a comparitive study of law of inheritance according to Kautilya and Yajnavalkya is made. In the twenty first chapter modern equivalents of ancient Hindu law are given. This is a source book in Ancient Indian Law for researchers.

About the Author:

Professor Dr. Braja Kishore Swain has been teaching Dharmasastra in Sri Jagannath Sanskrit Universit, Puri for more than two and half decades. He has twenty seven books and more that hundred research papers to his credit. He is known as one of the celebrated resource persons in the country relating to Dharmasastra, Modern Hindu Law and Jurispridence.