Hindu Divorce

Holden, Livia:
Hindu Divorce : a legal anthropology / Livia Holden. - Aldershot (UK) ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Publ., 2008. - xvii, 259 S. : Ill.
ISBN 978-0-7546-4960-1
£ 60,00

Beschreibung
This comparative study investigates the place of Hindu divorce in the Indian legal system and considers whether it offers a way out of a matrimonial crisis situation for women. Using the narratives of the social actors involved, it poses questions about the relationship between traditional jurisdictions located in rural areas and the larger legal culture of towns and cities in India, and also in the UK and USA. The multidisciplinary approach draws on research from the social sciences, feminist and legal studies and will be of interest to students and scholars of law, anthropology and sociology. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Foreword by Professor Sylvia Vatuk. vii
Author’s Preface. xi
Note on Profits. xiii
Acknowledgements. xv
List of Abbreviations. xix
List of Figures. xxi
Note on Transliteration. xxiii
1. Conceptualizing Hindu divorce. 1
2. Insights. 27
3. Divorce stories. 69
4. Custom and law. 125
5. Gender bias in legal debates. 161
6. Conclusion. 213
Appendices
Appendix A: The Dharicha Law of the Princely State of Gwalior. 221
Appendix B: Table of Cases. 225
Bibliography. 227
Index. 253

Autor
LIVIA HOLDEN is at the Griffith University, Australia

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