Family laws and constitutional claims
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Family laws and constitutional claims
（Family law / Flavia Agnes, v. 1）
Oxford University Press, 2011
Available at 1 libraries
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Description based in second impression, 2011
Bibliography: p. [200]-206
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The first of two-volumes on the subject, this book provides an in-depth analysis of family laws while exploring the overlaps and contradictions in them. It reviews the legal history of personal laws of the colonial and post colonial periods and their application in contemporary matrimonial law. The ground level litigation practices are interwoven with the framework of statutory provisions, which in turn provide an entry point into the rights discourses and social
movements. The book discusses cases, Acts, and amendments, and unravels legal complexities. The concern of the book is to weave women's realities into legal theories and position women's claims within the Constitution to highlight the lacunae in laws and to analyse their effectiveness at the ground
level.
Table of Contents
- 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
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