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Postcolonial Politics and Personal Laws: Colonial Legal Legacies and the Indian State
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In this article, the contemporary discussion on personal laws in India in historical perspective is placed in a historical perspective, and the authors view the debate as a critical component of Indian democracy, balancing the imperatives of multiculturalism, national integration, and gender justice.Abstract:
Placing the contemporary discussion on personal laws in India in historical perspective, this important book views the debate as a critical component of Indian democracy. Balancing the imperatives of multiculturalism, national integration, and gender justice, it affirms that there is a complex continuity between the terms of the debate in the postcolonial Indian state and its colonial counterpart.read more
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The Hindu Family and the Emergence of Modern India: Law, Citizenship and Community
TL;DR: Newbigin this paper traces the origins of the Hindu law reform project to changes in the political economy of late colonial rule, and considers how questions regarding family structure, property rights and gender relations contributed to the development of representative politics, and how, in solving these questions, India's secular and state power structures were consequently drawn into a complex and unique relationship with Hindu law.
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State Power, Religion, and Women's Rights: A Comparative Analysis of Family Law
Mala Htun,S. Laurel Weldon +1 more
TL;DR: This article examined cross-national variation in family law and found that civil law, common law, and postsocialist countries are the most egalitarian, while countries applying religious law are the least.
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Town Planning in Postcolonial India, 1947-1965: Chandigarh Re-Examined
TL;DR: A re-examination of the making of Chandigarh, to show how nationalism, modernism, and local regional influences affected the design and building of new towns is presented in this article.
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Gender-Discriminatory Laws and Women's Economic Agency
TL;DR: This article explored cross-country patterns in the association between gender-discriminatory legislation and various indicators of women's economic agency, finding that restrictions on legal capacity predict women's asset ownership and labor force participation, while discrimination in wage work and parental leave are associated with the size and direction of wage gaps.
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Making Family and Nation: Hindu Marriage Law in Early Postcolonial India
TL;DR: In the early 1970s, Indian policy makers retained personal laws specific to religious groups, and did not change the minority laws, although minority recognition did not rule out culturally grounded reform.