Hindu Womens Property Rights in Rural India: Law, Labour and Culture in Action Patel Reena
Hindu Womens Property Rights in Rural India: Law, Labour and Culture in Action Patel Reena Hindu women in India have independent right of ownership to property under the Law of Succession (The Hindu…
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Hindu Womens Property Rights in Rural India: Law, Labour and Culture in Action Patel Reena
Hindu women in India have independent right of ownership to property under the Law of Succession (The Hindu Succession Act, 1956). 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. However, during the last five decades of its operation not many women have exercised their rights under the enactment.
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