Hindu Women's Property Rights in Rural India
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: September 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 145
ISBN-13: 9780754646167
Subjects: Family law; Jurisprudence & General Issues; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Anthropology - Cultural; International; Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; India; Legal status, laws, etc.; Legal status, laws, etc. (Hindu law); Right of property; Women; Women peasants
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.