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

Patel, Reena

 
9781138355958: Hindu Women's Property Rights in Rural India: Law, Labour and Culture in Action
Softcover
ISBN 10: 113835595X ISBN 13: 9781138355958
Publisher: Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

Hindu women in India have independent right of ownership to property under the Law of Succession (The Hindu Succession Act, 1956). However, during the last five decades of its operation not many women have exercised their rights under the enactment. 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.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
113835595X
ISBN 13 
9781138355958
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
158

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