法律的不确定性和种姓的惊愕:1860-1930年印度法院中卡雅斯塔的瓦尔纳等级的确定

IF 0.8 3区 社会学 Q1 HISTORY
Hayden Bellenoit
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摘要本文探讨了1860年至1930年间,印度的殖民法律与种姓制度(varna)的构建是如何相互作用的。它特别跟踪了印度北部和东部通过各种继承纠纷对Kayasthas的法律varna等级的争论,将它们结合在一起,以揭示法院如何试图围绕印度的varna法理概念来解释印度教法律。它考察了Kayastha在获得有利的法律裁决以维护其“二胎”/dvija地位方面的成功与失败,表明殖民法律在构建种姓等级方面的能力有限(而且往往漠不关心)。省级法院的不一致裁决促使Kayastha在殖民地人口普查中寻求“两次出生”的分类学承认,这表明殖民地法律和分类学是如何以新颖的方式交叉的。本文认为,通过从法律的角度对印度社会史采取新颖的方法,我们可以丰富我们对现代种姓和社会等级观念是如何在殖民地印度构建的理解。
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Legal Limbo and Caste Consternation: Determining Kayasthas’ Varna Rank in Indian Law Courts, 1860–1930
Abstract This article explores how colonial law in India interacted with the construction of caste rank (varna) between 1860 and 1930. It specifically tracks contestations over Kayasthas’ legal varna rank in northern and eastern India through various inheritance disputes, threading them together to shed light on how courts sought to anchor their interpretations of Hindu law around the Indian jurisprudential conceptions of varna. It examines the successes and failures of Kayasthas to have favorable legal rulings that would uphold their status as “twice-born”/dvija, demonstrating that colonial law was limited in its ability (and often indifferent) to construct caste ranks. Inconsistent ruling in provincial courts pushed Kayasthas to seek taxonomic recognition as “twice-born” in the colonial census, demonstrating how colonial law and taxonomy intersected in novel ways. This article argues that by taking a novel approach to Indian social history through the prism of law, we can enrich our understanding of how modern notions of caste and social rank were constructed in colonial India.
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期刊介绍: Law and History Review (LHR), America"s leading legal history journal, encompasses American, European, and ancient legal history issues. The journal"s purpose is to further research in the fields of the social history of law and the history of legal ideas and institutions. LHR features articles, essays, commentaries by international authorities, and reviews of important books on legal history. American Society for Legal History
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