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Title: Gender inequality and religious personal laws in India
Related: The Brown journal of world affairs, Vol. XIV, Issue 2, p.103-112
Publisher: Brown University
Date: 2008
Author/Creator: Parashar, Archana
Description: This article discusses gender inequality and religious personal laws (RPLs) in India. The first part of the article explores the origin of the concept of RPLs and their selective reform by the state. The second part traces the development of various feminist legal responses to the issue of gender equality and the post-structural proliferation of differences. The third part illustrates how the shape of RPLs has repercussions for the design and scope of other laws. The last part develops an argument for a reconceptualizing of categories that allow for pursuing differences and justice together.
Description: 10 page(s)
Subject Keyword: gender
Subject Keyword: justice
Subject Keyword: religious personal laws
Subject Keyword: poststructuralism and difference responsibility
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Law

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