Modern Indian family law

Author(s)

• Menski, Werner

Bibliographic Information

Modern Indian family law

Werner F. Menski

Curzon, 2001

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 420-428) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This text presents an overview of the major issues and topics in current developments in Indian family law. Indian law has produced a number of very important innovations in the past two decades, which are also highly instructive for law reform debates in western and other jurisdictions. Topics discussed are: marriage, divorce, polygamy, maintenance, property and the Uniform Civil Code.

Table of Contents

• Introduction Indian law in the 1980s and 1990s
• Chapter 1 Marriage
• Chapter 2 Divorce
• Chapter 3 Polygamy
• Chapter 4 Maintenance
• Chapter 5 Joint family and property law
• Chapter 6 The Uniform Civil Code debate
• Chapter 7 Concluding analysis

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Details

• NCID: BA51245097
• ISBN:
  • 9780700713165
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Richmond, Surry
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 432 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : KNS540
  • NDC9 : 324.925
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Domestic relations -- India