Animal sacrifice, religion and law in South Asia. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Daniela Berti, Anthony Good.
• Editors: Berti, Daniela; Good, Anthony
• Contents: Introduction: The judicialisation and politicisation of sacrifice Daniela Berti & Anthony Good 1. Animal sacrifice, politics and the law in Tamil Nadu, South India Anthony Good 2. Animal sacrifice on trial: Moral reforms and religious freedom in India Daniela Berti 3. Hidden meanings of buffalo sacrifice: Dalit defiance and the working of law and the state in South India Aya Ikegame 4. On blood, power, and public interest: The concealment of Hindu sacrificial rites under Indian law Deonnie G. Moodie 5. ‘Who belled the cat?’ The magistrate, the king, the pandit and the abolition of animal sacrifice in a Bengali town Raphaël Voix 6. The last straw on the camel’s back: Analysing judicial decisions and legal approaches on protection of camels in India Ritwick Dutta 7. ‘Not in the name of dharma ’: A judgment of the Supreme Court of Nepal on mass sacrifices at the GaḍhÄ« Māī Melā Chiara Letizia & Blandine Ripert Afterword C.J. Fuller Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (280 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 342.540852; Animal sacrifice -- Law and legislation -- India
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000930108; 9781000930061
• Related ISBNs: 9781032257686
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