(With apologies for cross-posting)

Hi all, 

I am happy to announce the US publication of my recent monograph, Equity and Trusts in Sanskrit Jurisprudence. 

The book is open access and freely downloadable. I argue that a Dharmaśāstric theory of Equity as supplemental (pāribhāṣika) Dharma subtended the legal regulation of religious and charitable trusts in pre-colonial South Asian history. 

I also explore how Sanskrit Equitable principles were appropriated and recast by colonial-era courts. The book concludes with a close reading of the Supreme Court of India's reconfiguration of Anglo-Hindu case law vis-a-vis Constitutional rights in some very prominent cases (Ayodhyā, Padmanābhasvāmi, Kāśīviśvanātha, etc). 

Those interested in the current litigation at the Supreme Court concerning the Places of Worship Act might find the book relevant to understanding some of the jurisprudential arguments being made there. https://www.scobserver.in/cases/ashwini-kumar-upadhyay-union-of-india-constitutionality-of-the-places-of-worship-act-case-background/

Wishing all the very best, 

Christopher Fleming

https://www.ames.ox.ac.uk/people/christopher-t.-fleming