Synopsis This book is about the laws that were popular among ancient Hindu families.  It starts with the ancient Hindu family and on the import of the expression "Joint Hindu Family".  Then it speaks about the development of the Joint Hindu family and the managing member of a joint Hindu family.  Rights of the members of a Joint family have also been given proper emphasis.  Right to maintenance, disqualified members of a Joint Hindu family, alienation of Joint family property, son's liability for father's debets, partition, property not liable to partition and presumptions in relation to Joint Hindu family art the major topics of the book.  Besides, appendix and index are also available in the book.  By and large, this book will prove to be very useful to the readers and scholars of the subject alike.