Ancient Indian Law

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Contents
1.    Description of Territory of Bharat
2.    Desire - The Force Behind All Human Actions
3.    Causes for Human Behaviour
4.    Contentment - Root of Happiness
5.    Basic Aspects of Dharma
6.    Trivarga Diddantha
7.    Respect for Womanhood
8.    Dharma of Husband and Wife and Family Life
9.    Role of Grihastashrama (House Holder)
10.  Follow Dharma - Do not Indulge in Adharma
11.  Respect and Duty towards parents, Teachers and Guest
12.  Substantive and Procedural Law
13.  Panoramic View of Provisions in Public Interest
14.  Raj Dharma and the Code of Conduct for the Rulers
15.  Regulations During and after War
16.  Dharma Alone Survives
Epilogue
Subject Index
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Author Details
M. Rama Jois was born on 27'h July 1931 in Araga village of Thirthahalli Taluk, Shimoga District, State of Karnataka. After securing B. Sc. and B.L. Degree from Mysore University he was enrolled as an Advocate of Karnataka High Court in 1959. He has been very successful in the legal profession particularly in the branch of Service and Constitutional Law. He authored the book "Services under the State" which was published by the Indian Law Institute in 1974 and re-published in 1987. He was appointed Judge of the Karnataka High Court in November 1977. His another book "Legal and Constitutional History of India" in two volumes which includes Ancient Indian Legal, Judicial and Constitutional Law (Vyavahara Dharma and Raja Dharma) has been subsidised by National Book Trust and published by N.M. Tripathi (P) Ltd, Bombay. The latest edition of the book has been published by Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. This book has been described as a monumental work by eminent scholars and Judges in their review of the book. It has been recommended for study for the law degree course by the Bar Council of India. In May 1992, he became the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, which post he held till his retirement. After retirement, he resumed practice as Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court and has argued in matters of National importance. He has been the Honorary Professor in National Law School of India University, Bangalore. He was awarded Naresh Chandra Sen Gupta Gold Medal by Asiatic Society, Calcutta for outstanding contribution to the study of Society and Law, Ancient and Modern, in May 1999. He has been the Vice-President of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore Kendra, since 1994 and President, Bharat Vikas Parishad since 1999. His article entitled "Need for Amending the Constitution" has been published in the commemorative volume of the Golden Jubilee of Lok Sabha in May 2002.  In this latest book, as stated in the foreword, the author has extracted the grains of gold in Manu Smriti excluding the unwanted material, so that these values are made known and available to the Society.
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