Law and gender inequality : the politics of women's rights in India /
"Law and Gender Inequality maps the issue of gender and law reform upon a broad canvas of history and politics, and explores strategies which could safeguard women's rights within India's sphere of complex social and political boundaries. Written in a lucid style, this book provides a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi :
Oxford University Press,
[1999], ©1999
New Delhi : c1999 New Delhi ; New York : 2001, ©1999 New Delhi ; New York : c1999 New Delhi ; New York : ©1999 New Delhi : [1999] |
| Series: | Law in India series
Law in India series |
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| Summary: | "Law and Gender Inequality maps the issue of gender and law reform upon a broad canvas of history and politics, and explores strategies which could safeguard women's rights within India's sphere of complex social and political boundaries. Written in a lucid style, this book provides an invaluable analysis of the current trends of the debate on the Uniform Civil Code located within a highly charged and communally vitiated political scenario and goes on to expose the communal undertones of some recent well published judicial pronouncements. Activist, scholar and legal practitioner, Flavia Agnes, brings the focus of this debate to the central issue - that of arresting the trend of destitution and consequential impoverishment of women from all Indian religious communities."--BOOK JACKET "Law and Gender Inequality maps the issue of gender and law reform upon a broad canvas of history and politics, and explores strategies which could safeguard women's rights within India's sphere of complex social and political boundaries. Written in a lucid style, this book provides an invaluable analysis of the current trends of the debate on the Uniform Civil Code located within a highly charged and communally vitiated political scenario and goes on to expose the communal undertones of some recent well published judicial pronouncements. Activist, scholar and legal practitioner, Flavia Agnes, brings the focus of this debate to the central issue - that of arresting the trend of destitution and consequential impoverishment of women from all Indian religious communities."--Jacket |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 250 p. ; 23 cm xvii, 250 pages ; 22 cm xvii, 250 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical reference (p. [234]-242) and index Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-242) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages [234]-242) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0195645871 0195655249 (pbk.) 9780195645873 9780195655247 (pbk.) |