Modern Indian Family Law
Menski, Werner F
Modern Indian Family Law - New York Routledge 2017 - 432p
includes index and biblioraphy
1 Marriage: Inability to handle tradition, or skill in abusing it ......9 Theproblem and its socio-legal context .....9 Is there a customy form of widow-remarriage for hindus .......20 Solemnisation of hindu marriages: The law and reality ......24 Widow`s right to property, prejudices against rmarried women .......33 Marriage solemnisation and protection of women`s rights .....35 2 Divorce: Following the west .....47 Indian divorce law: An overview .....47 M. Fazlul haq: Amend the law and make divorce easy for hindus .....57 S. Sivaraman: On marriage laws .......60 Hindu talaq: Ona progressive divoerce law for india ......63 Divorce law in modern india: Balancing brekdown, social cohesion and financial viability .....72 3 Polygamy: Favourable treatment for muslims .....139 Playing to different arenas indian polygamy between international stage and local forum ......139 M. Mustafa Ali Khan: Islamic polygamy - A blessing in disguise .......148 Comparative legal training inaction: A reluctant defence of polygamy .....160 M Fazlul Haq: Polygamy in Islam: Misrepresented and ill-judged .....180 Crocodile tears and muslim polygamy in india ......184 No continuing favours for men? The post-modern reconstruction of indian laws on polygamy ......189 4 Maintenance: Sving the welfare state money .....231 Rethinking the welfare state .....231 Maintenance for divorced muslim wives .....238 Maintenance law fordivorced wives in indian law today: Taxing men for the privilege of divorce ......246 5 Joint family and property law: Will individualism work .....295 Modernity and the family in indian law .....295 Legislative overkill and the kerala joint hindu Family system .....305 O.V Abdulkhader: Legislative overkill ......310 Legislative overkill - A rejoinder ......311 Lucy carroll: Kerala joint hindu family system (Abolition) Act 1976: Women and society the beneficiaries .....314 Egoism versus family solidarity: women`s property rights in kerala ......318 Matrilineal succession law in kerala: An aborted challenged to women`s property rights .....322 Joint family law in india today ......329 6 The uniform civil code debate: Changing agends .....345 The uncritical acceptance of uniformity as an ideological problem ......345 Towards a Scientific jurisprudence .....356 Uniformity of laws in india and england .....360 Uniform civil in india: A false model for development ......373 Review of vasudha dhagamwar (1989)Towards the uniform civil code. Bombay: N.M Tripathi .....381 S.A. Karim: Muslim polygamy and the special marriage act 1992(1)Kerala law times journal section ......386 Much water has flowed down the ganges: Muslim polygamy the special marriage act and judicial collusion .......387 Legal uniformity in india: A political footbaal ......390
9781138896130 995
G93.2 / M528
Modern Indian Family Law - New York Routledge 2017 - 432p
includes index and biblioraphy
1 Marriage: Inability to handle tradition, or skill in abusing it ......9 Theproblem and its socio-legal context .....9 Is there a customy form of widow-remarriage for hindus .......20 Solemnisation of hindu marriages: The law and reality ......24 Widow`s right to property, prejudices against rmarried women .......33 Marriage solemnisation and protection of women`s rights .....35 2 Divorce: Following the west .....47 Indian divorce law: An overview .....47 M. Fazlul haq: Amend the law and make divorce easy for hindus .....57 S. Sivaraman: On marriage laws .......60 Hindu talaq: Ona progressive divoerce law for india ......63 Divorce law in modern india: Balancing brekdown, social cohesion and financial viability .....72 3 Polygamy: Favourable treatment for muslims .....139 Playing to different arenas indian polygamy between international stage and local forum ......139 M. Mustafa Ali Khan: Islamic polygamy - A blessing in disguise .......148 Comparative legal training inaction: A reluctant defence of polygamy .....160 M Fazlul Haq: Polygamy in Islam: Misrepresented and ill-judged .....180 Crocodile tears and muslim polygamy in india ......184 No continuing favours for men? The post-modern reconstruction of indian laws on polygamy ......189 4 Maintenance: Sving the welfare state money .....231 Rethinking the welfare state .....231 Maintenance for divorced muslim wives .....238 Maintenance law fordivorced wives in indian law today: Taxing men for the privilege of divorce ......246 5 Joint family and property law: Will individualism work .....295 Modernity and the family in indian law .....295 Legislative overkill and the kerala joint hindu Family system .....305 O.V Abdulkhader: Legislative overkill ......310 Legislative overkill - A rejoinder ......311 Lucy carroll: Kerala joint hindu family system (Abolition) Act 1976: Women and society the beneficiaries .....314 Egoism versus family solidarity: women`s property rights in kerala ......318 Matrilineal succession law in kerala: An aborted challenged to women`s property rights .....322 Joint family law in india today ......329 6 The uniform civil code debate: Changing agends .....345 The uncritical acceptance of uniformity as an ideological problem ......345 Towards a Scientific jurisprudence .....356 Uniformity of laws in india and england .....360 Uniform civil in india: A false model for development ......373 Review of vasudha dhagamwar (1989)Towards the uniform civil code. Bombay: N.M Tripathi .....381 S.A. Karim: Muslim polygamy and the special marriage act 1992(1)Kerala law times journal section ......386 Much water has flowed down the ganges: Muslim polygamy the special marriage act and judicial collusion .......387 Legal uniformity in india: A political footbaal ......390
9781138896130 995
G93.2 / M528