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MACQUARIE
 
LAW
 
WORKING
 
PAPER
 
SERIES
 
T
HE
 
V
INAYA
 
AND
 
THE
 
D
HARMA
ŚĀ
STRA
:
 
M
ONASTIC
 
L
AW
 
AND
 
L
EGAL
 
P
LURALISM
 
IN
 
A
NCIENT
 
I
NDIA
 
Malcolm
 
Voyce
 
Macquarie
 
University
 
–
 
Division
 
of
 
Law
 
Macquarie
 
Law
 
WP
 
2008
‐
9
 
March
 
2008
 
 
 
ii
 Disclaimer
Working papers are produced as a means of disseminating work in progress to thescholarly community in Australia and abroad. They are not to be considered as theend products of research, but as a step towards publication in scholarly outlets.© Copyright: Malcolm Voyce
*
 Division of Law - ResearchMacquarie UniversitySydney NSW 2109AustraliaTel 61 2 9850 7061Fax 61 2 9850 7686Email research@law.mq.edu.auURLhttp://www.law.mq.edu.au/research Associate Dean, Research Professor Bryan HorriganResearch Officer Ms Gwyneth TehISSN 1835-2286Macquarie Law WP 2008-9
THE VINAYA AND THE DHARMA
ŚĀ
STRA: MONASTIC LAW ANDLEGAL PLURALISM IN ANCIENT INDIA
* Corresponding Author Contact Details:Phone: + 61 2 9850 7089Fax: + 61 2 9850 7686Email: Malcolm.Voyce@law.mq.edu.auPostal: Malcolm VoyceDivision of LawMacquarie University NSW 2109Australia
 
 
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T
HE
 
V
INAYA
 
AND
 
THE
 
D
HARMA
ŚĀ
STRA
:
 
M
ONASTIC
 
L
AW
 
AND
 
L
EGAL
 
P
LURALISM
 
IN
 
A
NCIENT
 
I
NDIA
 
Malcolm
 
Voyce*
 
Abstract
 
This
 
article
 
outlines
 
the
 
relationship
 
 between
 
the
 
Buddhist
 
Vinaya
 
(the
 
rules
 
of
 
Buddhist
 
monks)
 
and
 
the
 
Dharma
śā
stra
 
in
 
ancient
 
India.
 
My
 
purpose
 
is
 
to
 
show
 
that
 
the
 
Vinaya
 
should
 
not
 
 be
 
seen
 
as
 
a
 
form
 
of
 
customary
 
law,
 
 but
 
as
 
a
 
wider
 
system
 
of
 
 jurisprudence
 
linked
 
to
 
Dharma
śā
stra
 
principles
 
and
 
precepts.
 
I
 
make
 
this
 
argument
 
to
 
show
 
that
 
particular
 
aspects
 
of
 
the
 
Vinaya
 
and
 
the
 
legal
 
relationship
 
with
 
the
 
Dharma
śā
stra
 
are
 
examples
 
of
 
the
 
operation
 
‘legal
 
pluralism’.
 
This
 
concept
 
is
 
useful
 
as
 
a
 
starting
 
point
 
to
 
develop
 
analytical
 
criteria
 
for
 
distinguishing
 
various
 
 bodies
 
of
 
law
 
and
 
their
 
interrelationships.
 
I
 
use
 
this
 
concept
 
to
 
show
 
that
 
in
 
the
 
context
 
of
 
the
 
Vinaya
 
and
 
the
 
Dharma
śā
stra,
 
the
 
term
 
‘legal
 
pluralism’
 
helps
 
us
 
to
 
delineate
 
the
 
relationship
 
 between
 
the
 
Sangha
 
(Buddhist
 
order
 
of
 
monks)
 
and
 
the
 
Dharma
śā
stra.
 
Key
 
Words
 
Dharma
śā
stra,
 
legal
 
pluralism,
 
vinaya,
 
Buddhism,
 
sangha
 
 _______________________ 
* Associate Professor of Law, Division of Law, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. This article willappear in the Journal of Legal Pluralism, Vol. 56 (2008).
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