Engendering Law (Treatise on Women and Law)

The present wok 'Engendering Law ' is a volume of collected essays addressing 'gender ' in the context of the constitution, criminal law and procedure, labour, consumer protection, forestry and international law. With these are essays on the legal institutions of education, lawyering and adjudication. Further, the contributors have also observed the progress of law reform, its content and ideological dilemmas regarding the matter of gender. Essays like Kulin widowhood, psychiatric labelling and commodification of the women, explore the interface between law and society.

The book will be useful for law students, women studies units, women 's organisations, Judges and lawyers. The students of other social sciences like political science, history, sociology would also find the book interesting and useful. The book is strongly recommended for all those women and men who are committed to justice as a consequence to a gender just society.

Contributors

• Upendra Baxi
• Neeru Chadha
• Amita Dhanda
• Nandita Haksar
• Alice Jacob
• Malavika Karlekar
• Ved Kumari
• Anthony Lester
• Vina Mazumdar
• S. Muralidhar
• Archana Parashar
• K.N. Chandrasekharan Pillai
• Usha Ramanathan
• D.N. Saraf
• S.P. Sathe
• J.N. Saxena
• Chhatrapati Singh
• B. Sivaramayya.

• Hindustan Times, New Delhi :

These essays analyse legal institutions of courts, lawyers and education. Indeed

Engendering Law

should set us on the road to equality.

• Gujarat Law Reporter :

This book profusely addresses the wide spectrum of gender analysis in context of Constitution, criminal law, procedure, labour, consumer protection, etc. and explore the interface between law and society. The book is a valuable source of information and knowledge for feminists ' activists and crusaders all over the country.

                   For Lotika Di V
                   Contributors XI
                   Acknowledgements XV
                   Introduction 1

                   Images (1920-1950)
                   Reasonable Man, Reasonable Women and Reasonable Expectations 33
                   USHA RAMANATHAN
                   Human Rights Lawyering: A Feminist Perspective 71
                   NANDITA HAKSAR
                   Feminism in Indian Legal Education 89
                   ARCHANA PARASHAR

                   Gender Constitution and the Courts 117
                   SP SATHE
                   Gender Analysis of the Indian Penal Code 139
                   VED KUMARI
                   Women and Criminal Procedure 161
                   KN CHANDRASEKHARAN PILLAI
                   Equal Pay and Sex Discrimination Law: Europe to the Rescue 173
                   ANTHONY LESTER
                   Levelling the Workplace for Women Workers: Equal Remuneration
                   and Maternity Benefits 183
                   NEERU CHADHA
                   Legal aspects of Women's Involvement in Wasteland Development 205
                   CHHATRAPATI SINGH
                   Gender Justice and Medical Malfeasance in Consumer Cases 233
                   DN SARAF
                   Refugee Women 249
                   JN SAXENA

                   Kulin Widowhood in Nineteenth Century Bengal-The Life and
                   Times of Nistarini Debi 257      
                   MALAVIKA KARLEKAR
                   From Human Rights to the Right to be a Woman 275
                   UPENDRA BAXI
                   The case of the Agra Protective Home 291
                   S MURALIDHAR
                   Psychologising Dissent: Psychiatric Labelling and Social Control 321
                   AMITA DHANDA

                   Political Ideology of the Women's Movement's Engagement with Law 339
                   VINA MAZUMDAR
                   Uniform Civil Code: Reforms in Christian Family Law 375
                   ALICE JACOB
                   Towards Equality: The Long Road Ahead 387
                   B SIVARAMAYYA
                   Subject Index 407