Hindu women and marriage law
Subtitle: from sacrament to contract
By: Monmayee Basu.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New Delhi; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Hindu women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- India; Marriage law -- India; Marriage (Hindu law); Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Hindu law)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ([161]-171) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Condition of Hindu Women during the; title: Second Half of the Nineteenth Century; title: 2. The Changing Concept of Hindu Marriage; title: 3. Age of Marriage; title: 4. Shackles for the Widow; title: 5. Dowry; title: 6. Severing the Sacred Tie; title: 7. Right to Property; title: Epilogue; title: Glossary; title: Appendices; title: Bibliography; title: Index.