- Author(s): Monmayee Basu, Sudhir Chandra, Flavia Agens
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Edition: Oxford India paperbacks 2016
- ISBN 10 0199467218
- ISBN 13 9780199467211
- Approx. Pages 177 + Contents
- Delivery Time Normally 7-9 working days
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An omnibus comprising
Law and Gender Inequality
Flavia Agnes
Enslaved Daughters
Sudhir Chandra
Hindu Women and Marriage Law
Monymayee Basu
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Contents
Law and Gender Inequality
1. Introduction
Part 1 - Pre-Colonial and Colonial Legal Structures
2. Plurality of Hindu Law and Women's Rights under it
3. Evolution of Islamic Law and Women's Spaces Within It
4. Colonial Rule and Subversion of Rights
5. Politicization of Women's Rights
Part 2 - Post-Independence Developments
6. Hindu Law Reforms-Stilted Efforts at Gender Justice
7. Erosion of Secular Principles
8. Communal Undertones Within Recent Judicial Decisions
Part 3 - Developments in the Personal Laws of Non-Muslim Minorities
9. Legal Significance of the Parsi Community
10. Political Reformulation of Christian Personal Law
Part 4 - Current Debates
11. Model Draft and Legal Doctrines
12. Strategies of Reform
13. Conclusion
Enslaved Daughters
Hindu Women and Marriage Law
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