Law and gender inequality : the politics of women's rights in India /
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| Author / Creator: | Flavia. |
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| Imprint: | New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, c1999. |
| Description: | xvii, 250 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Law in India series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4271700 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction - A Need for Rescrutiny
- Pt. 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 Space within it. 4. Colonial Rule and Subversion of Rights. 5. Politicization of Women's Rights
- Pt. 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
- Pt. 3. Developments in the Personal Laws of Non-Muslim Minorities. 9. Legal Significance of the Parsi Community. 10. Political Reformulation of Christian Personal Law
- Pt. 4. Current Debates. 11. Model Drafts and Legal Doctrines. 12. Strategies of Reform. 13. Conclusions.
