Benjamin Schonthal is Professor of Buddhist Studies and Affiliate Professor of Law at the University of Otago, where he also co-directs the Otago Centre for Law and Society.

• 1. Monastic law, state law and the plurality of legal pluralism in Sri Lanka; Part I: 2. The unity and diversity of Buddhist monastic law; 3. Jurisdictionalising Buddhism in colonial Ceylon; 4. Practising legal pluralism in the monastery; Part II: 5. Like and unlike 'Law': making a monastic judiciary; 6. Law's Karmas: Nirvana, rebirth and the cosmological consequences of monastic law; Part III: 7. Legalising' monastic law: the politics of legal recognition in post-colonial Sri Lanka; 8. Constitutionalising Vinaya; Conclusion: pluralising legal pluralism; Glossary; References.

Benjamin Schonthal is Professor of Buddhist Studies and Affiliate Professor of Law at the University of Otago, where he also co-directs the Otago Centre for Law and Society.

• 1. Monastic law, state law and the plurality of legal pluralism in Sri Lanka; Part I: 2. The unity and diversity of Buddhist monastic law; 3. Jurisdictionalising Buddhism in colonial Ceylon; 4. Practising legal pluralism in the monastery; Part II: 5. Like and unlike 'Law': making a monastic judiciary; 6. Law's Karmas: Nirvana, rebirth and the cosmological consequences of monastic law; Part III: 7. Legalising' monastic law: the politics of legal recognition in post-colonial Sri Lanka; 8. Constitutionalising Vinaya; Conclusion: pluralising legal pluralism; Glossary; References.

Benjamin Schonthal is Professor of Buddhist Studies and Affiliate Professor of Law at the University of Otago, where he also co-directs the Otago Centre for Law and Society.

• 1. Monastic law, state law and the plurality of legal pluralism in Sri Lanka; Part I: 2. The unity and diversity of Buddhist monastic law; 3. Jurisdictionalising Buddhism in colonial Ceylon; 4. Practising legal pluralism in the monastery; Part II: 5. Like and unlike 'Law': making a monastic judiciary; 6. Law's Karmas: Nirvana, rebirth and the cosmological consequences of monastic law; Part III: 7. Legalising' monastic law: the politics of legal recognition in post-colonial Sri Lanka; 8. Constitutionalising Vinaya; Conclusion: pluralising legal pluralism; Glossary; References.