Books in the Studies on Modern Asia and Africa series

First published in 1968, we were witnessing a new emphasis on Comparative Law, both in the Universities and even the practising profession, together with a quickened interest in the law of family relations. This volume provided a wealth of information for anyone wishing to study these relations in a widely comparative context.

Originally published in 1975, much of Western scholarly writing on Japan had in recent years concerned the study of modernisation. The papers in this volume, which were prepared by leading specialists from Europe and Israel, concentrate on the problems arising from modernisation, rather than on an analysis of the process itself.

Originally published in 1975, this book was something of a pioneering study. It examines the three main traditions of African educational development ¿ indigenous, Islamic and `Western¿ ¿ and the resulting harmonies and conflicts that arise from these traditions.

Originally published in 1965, the main theme of this work by an Indian author is the growth of the idea of Commonwealth in India from 1885, the year in which the Indian National Congress was organized, to 1929, when Congress declared `complete independence¿ to be its goal.

Already, under a deceptively smooth surface, changes in the nature of Indian political life were taking place. First published in 1963, this title explored, in the rapidly changing situation, the intimate relationship of Indian politics and society and to show the ways in which the deeper social and political currents were moving.

The 1960s, in retrospect, may be chiefly remembered for the unprecedented constitutional developments it witnessed in countries emerging from colonial rule. Originally published in 1963, an examination of these constitutional developments from authoritative pens was, therefore, particularly timely.