Hindu Women's Property Rights in Rural India: Law, Labour and Culture in Action

ISBN-13: 9781138355958 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 158 str.

Reena Patel

Opis

This volume addresses the issue of Hindu peasant women's ability to effectuate the statutory rights to succession and assert ownership of their share in family land. The work combines a critical evaluation of law with economic analyses into allocation of resources within the family as a means of addressing gender relations and explaining resulting gender inequalities.

Spis treści

Contents: Preface; Introduction; A conceptual map; The development of females' proprietory rights in Hindu law; Conversations: what women think; An evaluation of women's self-interest in the Hindu law of succession; Women, work and land rights; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.