Flavia Agnes

Law, Justice, and Gender

Family Law and Constitutional Provisions in India

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Combining facts and analysis, the volume cites laws and cases relating to women in the context of matrimonial rights and obligations, personal laws, marriage and divorce, and constitutional claims, in contemporary India in a historical perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• UK edition
• Seitenzahl: 600
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 183mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9780198067900
• ISBN-10: 0198067909
• Artikelnr.: 44892778

Autorenporträt

Flavia Agnes is a practicing lawyer in the Mumbai High Court and co-founder of MAJLIS, a Mumbai-based legal and cultural resource centre. She is well known as a pioneer of the women's movement in India and, more specifically, for her work on legal reforms.

Inhaltsangabe

* Foreword
Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction Chapter 1. Personal Laws and Women's Rights
A. Hindu Law of Marriage and Property
B. Islamic Law of Marriage and Succession. C. Christian Law of Marriage and Succession
D. Parsi Law of Marriage and Succession
E. The Jewish Law of Marriage and Divorce
F Civil Law of Marriage and Divorce-The Special Marriage Act
1954
Chapter 2. Constitutional Claims and Gender Justice
A. Locating Women's Claims Within the Constitutional Domain
B. Uniform Civil Code: Contesting Claims and Communal Hues
C. Attempts at Formulating the Uniform Civil Code
Bibliography; Case Index; Subject Index