Women and Law in India: An Omnibus Comprising Law and Gender Inequality, Enslaved Daughters, Hindu Women and Marriage Law

By Monmayee Basu, Flavia Agnes, Sudhir Chandra

These three authors map the issue of equality before law and various issues relating to women's rights, social justice, and empowerment. The omnibus forms a comprehensive and significant study for understanding why progressive laws, once passed, continue to be implemented in such a limited manner. It highlights that legislation even in the past fifty years have not brought equality.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195667670
• ISBN13: 9780195667677
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 776 Pages