Accommodating religious demands and gender-justice concerns: Indian state practices after the Shah Bano judgment

This paper is an examination of a new turn in the practice of multiculturalism in India observed by legal and political theorists who have challenged the long-standing argument of multiculturalists that personal laws in India inhibit “gender-equalizing” changes. Recent literature on Muslim Personal...

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Main Author: Nath, Sushmita (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: DGA 2013
In: Asien
Year: 2013, Issue: 126, Pages: 45-67
Further subjects:B Jurisdiction
B Divorce
B Law
B Islam
B Islamic law
B Lebensunterhalt
B Woman
B Muslim
B India