Modern Indian Family Law

This text presents an overview of the major issues and topics in current developments in Indian family law. Indian law has produced a number of very important innovations in the past two decades, which are also highly instructive for law reform debates in western and other jurisdictions. Topics discussed are: marriage, divorce, polygamy, maintenance, property and the Uniform Civil Code.

List of contents

Introduction Indian law in the 1980s and 1990s; Chapter 1 Marriage; Chapter 2 Divorce; Chapter 3 Polygamy; Chapter 4 Maintenance; Chapter 5 Joint family and property law; Chapter 6 The Uniform Civil Code debate; Chapter 7 Concluding analysis;

About the author

Werner F. Menski

Summary

This text presents an overview of the major issues and topics in current developments in Indian family law.

Product details

• Authors: Werner Menski, Werner F Menski, Menski Werner
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781138976313
• ISBN: 978-1-138-97631-3
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; LAW / Family Law / General, India, Family Law