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Participants and Papers (a provisional list)

Section 15 - Law and Society
Conveners: Patrick Olivelle, Don Davis

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Mikael AktorPrāyaścitta and the dharmaśāstra perspective on karma
Anindya BandyopadhyayThe multicultural Nature of the Smṛti Laws
Sabrina CiolfiLove-marriage. From Gāndharva rite to popular Hindi cinema's tales of Love
Donald DavisWhat is Hindu about Modern Law?: the Sanskrit Story
Madhav M. DeshpandeDispute over Kayasthas: Gagabhatta & his opponents
Yasuke IkariOn an unknown commentary to the Yājñavalkya Smṛti from NGMP manuscript collection
Dietrich Christian LammertsTextual genesis, Sanskrit, and the early transmission of Buddhist dhammasattha in Burma and Southeast Asia
Timothy LubinLegal diglossia: Modeling discursive practices in Premodern Indic law
Werner MenskiSanskrit Law
Axel MichaelsThe Nepalese Mulukī Ain of 1854 and its relation to Dharmaśāstra sources: the example of death and mourning rituals
Ichiro Numatavyavahāra in the Dharma-literature
Patrick OlivelleKaṇṭakaśodhana - Courts of criminal justice in Ancient India
R. ShobhaCultural identity of women in Indian society, as portrayed in Sanskrit poetry - A perspective