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Khatiwoda, Rajan: Homicide Law in 19th-Century Nepal: A Study of the Mulukī Ains and Legal Documents, Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2024 (Documenta Nepalica: Book Series, Volume 7). https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.1276

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02/15/2024

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Rajan Khatiwoda

Homicide Law in 19th-Century Nepal

A Study of the Mulukī Ains and Legal Documents

Documenta Nepalica: Book Series

The main ambition of this book lies in a detailed analysis of the formation and enforcement of Nepal’s Mulukī Ain of 1854, specifically focusing on the provisions regarding homicide within the Mulukī Ains of 1854 and 1870. This study also examines contemporaneous legal records, revealing the complexities of the Ain’s implementation. The articles on homicide serve as a microcosm illustrating the broader evolution of Nepal’s legal code, which departed from outdated punishments like genital mutilation and introduced fines and imprisonment instead. Still, the innovations introduced into the Ain of 1854 were not uniformly progressive. The Ain in its various stages of development thus showcases the complex ways in which legal systems inevitably undergo transformation.

Rajan Khatiwoda is a research associate at the Nepal Heritage Documentation Project (NHDP) at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He also holds the position of Honorary Leader of the Kathmandu Office of the Śākta Traditions Project at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies (OCHS). His main research areas include Hindu legal traditions, Śākta practices, heritage studies, and South Asian political and legal history, as well as the epigraphical culture of South Asia.

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Table of Contents
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Title
Contents
v-vii
Tables
ix
Figures
xi
Abbreviations
xiii-xiv
Saubhagya Pradhananga
Foreword by Saubhagya Pradhananga
xv
Preface
xvii-xix
Part I: Formation and Enforcement of the “Mulukī Ain”
1-188
Part II: Edition and Translation
189-383
Glossary
385-393
Bibliography
395-413

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