State V Non-State Law

State V Non-State Law

According to Goebel (1931), in England pre-modern customary law (opposed to King՚s law) was practiced until well into the seventeenth century. Customary legal practices were displaced by the royal courts and adopted Roman civil law for instance Corpus Juris Civilis of Byzantine emperor Justinian was introduced in law schools. According to Strauss, Roman law became a political instrument with the will of the state. More specifically, law meant then the declaration of the prince a…

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The Adivasis in India: Living on the Margin

The Adivasis in India: Living on the Margin

According to T. K. Oommen, tribes in India could broadly be divided into two categories based on their spatial locations:

• The encysted Tribes of Central India are backward Hindus to be socially and culturally absorbed into Hinduism. Which according to Ghurye, “advocated a single identity for all Hindus based on religion, ignoring all other identities, including tribal identities. ”
• The frontier Tribes of North-East India. ‘Isolationism’ with regards to this w…

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