Hindu Women and Marriage Law: From Sacrament to Contract
- ISBN-10
- 0195645383
- ISBN-13
- 9780195645385
- Pages
- 177
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Monmayee Basu
Description
This is an in-depth study of the problems faced by Hindu women in marriage from 1856 to 1956. Remedial legislative measures to solve these problems and their likely effects on the status of women in Hindu society are also discussed at length.
