Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: Women and Colonial Law—A Feminist Social History
- 2 The Foundations of Modern Legal Structures in India
- 3 The Widow and Her Rights Redefined
- 4 Female Childhood in Focus
- 5 Labour Legislation and the Woman Worker
- 6 Votes, Reserved Seats and Women’s Participation
- 7 Family Forms, Sexualities and Reconstituted Patriarchies
- 8 Personal Laws under Colonial Rule
- 9 Towards a Uniform Civil Code—and Beyond
- Afterword: The Law, Women and an Argument about the Past
- Bibliography
- Index
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2025
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: Women and Colonial Law—A Feminist Social History
- 2 The Foundations of Modern Legal Structures in India
- 3 The Widow and Her Rights Redefined
- 4 Female Childhood in Focus
- 5 Labour Legislation and the Woman Worker
- 6 Votes, Reserved Seats and Women’s Participation
- 7 Family Forms, Sexualities and Reconstituted Patriarchies
- 8 Personal Laws under Colonial Rule
- 9 Towards a Uniform Civil Code—and Beyond
- Afterword: The Law, Women and an Argument about the Past
- Bibliography
- Index
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