Common Sense and Legal History in India: Collected Essays on Hindu Law and Dharmasastra - Hardcover

Lariviere, Richard W.: - Richard W. Lariviere, whose career in academia and business is grounded in his expertise on India, is President Emeritus of the Field Museum, Chicago. He is also Professor Emeritus of Sanskrit and is the former Dean of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin; Provost and Executive Vice-Chancellor at the University of Kansas; and President of the University of Oregon. He is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain, a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Fellow of the American Oriental Society, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.Davis, Donald R., Jr.: - Donald R. Davis, Jr. is Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Religions and Chair of the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He specializes in the fields of classical and medieval Hindu law and dharmaśāstra. Among his recent publications are Hindu Law: A New History of Dharmaśāstra (co-edited with Patrick Olivelle, 2018) and The Dharma of Business: Commercial Law in Medieval India (2017).