Buddhist Law in Burma : : A History of Dhammasattha Texts and Jurisprudence, 1250-1850 / / D. Christian Lammerts.
Burma and neighboring areas of Southeast Asia comprise the only region of the world to have developed a written corpus of Buddhist law claiming jurisdiction over all members of society. Yet in contrast with the extensive scholarship on Islamic and Hindu law, this tradition of Buddhist law has been l...
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| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration and Translation
- CHAPTER 1. Buddhist Law in Burma
- PART I. Sources
- CHAPTER 2. Before the Law Traces of Dhammasattha in Buddhist Legal and Textual Culture, c. 1250-1600
- CHAPTER 3 Dhammavilāsa Legal Text and Cosmology in the Early Seventeenth Century
- CHAPTER 4. Manusāra History, Jurisdiction, Authorship
- PART II. Revisions and Reasons
- CHAPTER 5. Dhammasattha and Its Discontents, 1681-c. 1850
- CHAPTER 6. Conclusion Sakka's Thunderbolt
- Appendix. Four Dhammasattha Bibliographies (1768-c. 1818)
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author