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State, Law and Gender

By Shreya Roy

State, Law and Gender

By Shreya Roy

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In State, Law and Gender, Shreya Roy highlights how Indian law has been implicated in women's subordination. It explores the ideological expectations that underpin women's legal regulation, as well as the traditions in which law subjugates women - the multifaceted and elusive ways wherein law validates profoundly gender-based suppositions, relationships, and characters. The book demonstrates that the correlation of moral precepts and legal norms is associated with the broader history of the age of marriage of girls in India, and it has also shown how history includes diverse alternatives to understanding and addressing the problem of child marriages that do not rely on liberal legal frameworks.
The book critically analyzes and evaluates the social and legislative history of the period focusing particularly on three significant pieces of legislation - Act III of 1872, the Age of Consent Act of 1891, and the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929. It traces the history of the legal changes related to the age of marriage in India after Independence, and links this issue with the present-day concern and the Government's initiative for raising the age of marriage of girls.
Product details
Number of Pages:
396
Release Date:
2023-12-12
Publication Date:
2023-12-01
Publisher:
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1837651434
ISBN13:
9781837651436
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
628 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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