Textbook on Women & Child Laws

Key Features:

• Critical exposition of the current theory, law, policy and practice of women and child rights.
• Focuses on the developments made in the law relating to women and children.
• Contains nine insightful chapters, divided into two Parts. The first Part deals with the law relating to women, and the second Part pertains to issues relating to children.
• Attempts a fresh mapping of the field of women and law from an interdisciplinary perspective.
• Aims to sensitise those who deal with children and are part of the mechanism, which is responsible for their welfare.
• Critical appraisal of the judgments of Indian Courts that have led to a change and development in law.
• Essential reference text for the LL.B. course as well as gender and law and feminist jurisprudence. This work can also serve as an undergraduate or graduate textbook for women’s studies or other related interdisciplinary fields.