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Nair Janaki

Women and law in colonial India : A social history - New Delhi Kali for Women 1996 - 259p ix

Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix;
1. Introduction 1;
2. The Foundations of Modem Legal Structures in India 19;
3. 'Social Reform' and the Women's Question 49;
4. Labour Legislation and the Woman Worker 95;
5. The Politics of Representation: Indian Women and the Vote 122;
6. Nationalist Patriarchy and the , Regulation of Sexuality 145;
7. Personal Laws and Women 180;
8. Signposts: Developments Since Independence 214;
9. Conclusion 247;
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 251.


Subjects--Topical Terms:
1.Constitutional Law - Status - Women - Colonial India 2.Women Studies

Dewey Class. No.: 342.087800 / NAI-1