[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896) › c7.4 # Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.4 Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.4 - **Language:** English ### [c7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.4) of law. In the Dharmasūtras on the contrary, so far as they have come down to the present time, are always found particular sections about the law of inheritance, law of government, legal procedure and other features of law proper as it was taught and traditionally handed down in the oldest schools of the Brahmans. Even in those cases where the Dharmasūtras are called by the general designation Dharmaśāstra in Mss. they can be easily recognised by their style which they have in common with other Sutra-works such as, for example, the grammatical and the philosophical Sūtras. Their connection with the Vedas is most evident where they are still handed down as part of a greater collection of Sūtras belonging to one or another Śakhā of the Veda, such as, e. g., the Āpastambīya Dharmasūtra. - [Previous: c7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.3) - [Next: c7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.5) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.4) · Pramāṇa