Hindu women and marriage law : from sacrament to contract

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Title:

Hindu women and marriage law : from sacrament to contract

Author:

Basu, Monmayee.

ISBN:

9780195645385

Personal Author:

Basu, Monmayee.

Publication Information:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Physical Description:

xvii, 177 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject Term:

Hindu women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- India.

Hindu women -- India -- Social conditions.

Marriage (Hindu law)

Widows (Hindu law)

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This is an in-depth study of the problems faced by Hindu women in marriage from 1856 to 1956. Remedial legislative measures to solve these problems and their likely effects on the status of women in Hindu society are also discussed at length.

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