Law and Gender Inequality The Politics of Women's Rights in India

by Agnes, Flavia

• ISBN13: 9780195645873
• ISBN10: 0195645871
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-09-09
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book provides an invaluable analysis of the current trends of the debate on Uniform Civil Code located within a highly charged and communally vitiated political scenario. It goes on to expose the communal undertones of some recent well published judicial pronouncements.

Author Biography

Flavia Agnes is the founder member and secretary of Majlis, a legal and cultural resource centre in Bombay.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
Table of Cases
Introduction - A Need for Rescrutiny	p. 1
Pre-Colonial and Colonial Legal Structures
Plurality of Hindu Law and Women's Rights under it	p. 11
Evolution of Islamic Law and Women's Space within it	p. 29
Colonial Rule and Subversion of Rights	p. 41
Politicization of Women's Rights	p. 58
Post-Independence Developments
Hindu Law Reforms - Stilted Efforts at Gender Justice	p. 77
Erosion of Secular Principles	p. 94
Communal Undertones within Recent Judicial Decisions	p. 111
Developments in the Personal Laws of Non-Muslim Minorities
Legal Significance of the Parsi Community	p. 127
Political Reformulation of Christian Personal Law	p. 141
Current Debates
Model Drafts and Legal Doctrines	p. 167
Strategies of Reform	p. 192
Conclusions	p. 203
App. I	p. 216
App. II	p. 225
App. III	p. 228
Bibliography	p. 234
Tables	p. 243
Index	p. 248
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