List of Abbreviations ; Table of Cases ; Table of Statute ; Preface ; Part I: Case Summary and Commentary ; Section 1: Colonial India ; Section II: India ; Section III: Pakistan ; Section IV: Bangladesh ; Part II: Text of Cases ; Section 1: Colonial India ; Section II: India ; Section IV: Bangladesh ; A Comparative Survey of Muslim Personal Law in South Asian Countries ; Glossary ; Select Bibliography ; Index ; About the Author Table of contents
Through a selection of principal judicial decisions and significant fact situations from pre- and post-independent India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, this volume provides an easy access to the basic principles and rules of Muslim law, and shows how case law acts as a social barometer and an instrument of change.