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    "Mulukī Ain" of 1854

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    Nepal’s First Legal Code

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    Author(s)
    Khatiwoda, Rajan
    Cubelic, Simon
    Michaels, Axel
    Collection
    AG Universitätsverlage
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    The Mulukī Ain of 1854—the law code with constitutional features drafted at the initiative of Prime Minister Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā—is the foundational legal text for modern Nepal. It covers almost every aspect of public, criminal, private and religious law, ranging from the organisation of the state and courts to murder and other delicts, the workings of the caste system and the joint family, matters of purity and penance, customary law, widow-burning and witchcraft. As such, the Mulukī Ain is a unique source not only for the political, social and economic life of 19th-century Nepal, but also for the place of traditional Hindu jurisprudence in South Asian legal cultures.
     
    Der Mulukī Ain von 1854, das erste Gesetzbuch Nepals, gehört zu den bedeutendsten Werken der modernen nepalesischen Rechtsgeschichte. Vom Staatsaufbau und Gerichtswesen über Tötungs- und Eigentumsdelikte bis hin zu Kasten- und Reinheitsvorschriften werden nahezu alle Aspekte des Straf- und Privatrechts, des öffentlichen, religiösen und Gewohnheitsrechts eingehend behandelt. Dadurch ist der Mulukī Ain nicht nur eine einzigartige Quelle für das politische, gesellschaftliche und wirtschaftliche Leben in Nepal zur Zeit des 19. Jahrhunderts, sondern auch für die Stellung der hinduistischen Jurisprudenz in den Rechtskulturen Südasiens.
     
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    https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49657
    Keywords
    Nepal; Hindu Law; Codification / Constitutional Law; Caste; Rāṇā period; Hindu Recht; Kodifizierung / Verfassungsrecht; Kaste; Rāṇā-Zeit
    DOI
    10.17885/heiup.769
    ISBN
    9783968220352, 9783968220345, 9783968220352
    Publisher
    Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP)
    Publisher website
    https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/
    Publication date and place
    Heidelberg, 2021
    Series
    Documenta Nepalica, 2
    Classification
    Constitutional and administrative law: general
    Pages
    882
    Rights
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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