Property rights, gender, and human rights discourses in South Asia

March 14, 2012
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by Livia Holden and Sylvia Vatuk ABSTRACT This paper explores and analyses the management of property rights by Muslim women at the level both of customary jurisdictions and of official law-courts in India and in Pakistan in the context of ongoing pressures for developing a global legal framework of human rights. Through a multidisciplinary...
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LSA panel: Non-State Law and Governance in South Asia and in the Diasporas

March 6, 2012
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Law and Society Association 2012 International Meeting Honolulu, Hawai’i – 5-8 June  Livia Holden; Lahore University of Management Sciences (Session Organizer) Marc Galanter, U. of Wisconsin/London School of Econ & PolSci. (Co-Chair) Livia Holden, Lahore University of Management Sciences (Co-Chair) This session focuses on the South Asian networks that act as referents for the settlement of justice...
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Academia on the Frontline

February 26, 2012
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For reasons ranging from the global crisis and the shrinking job market to the disillusion with the establishment of academia but also including wanderlust, identity, worldviews, research, and not least the proactive hiring of mushrooming universities around the world, an increasing number of academics at different career-stages spend time at institutions located in socially...
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Pakistan

February 25, 2012
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Prevention of Anti-Women Practices (Criminal Law Amendment) Act, 2011 The Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2012      
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Law practices and property rights in Muslim rural contexts (CFP)

February 18, 2012
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« L’éventail du droit : pratique du droit et propriété dans les mondes ruraux musulmans de l’Afrique et de l’Asie » Yazid Ben Hounet and Alice Wilson     L’étude du droit en milieu rural, et dans le contexte des sociétés musulmanes, a de manière générale privilégiée celle de la sharî‘a (droit musulman) et/ou du ‘ûrf ou...
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Pakistan: National Commission on the Status of Women Bill 2012

February 4, 2012
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On the 2nd February 2012 the Senate approved the Status of Women Bill that provides for the establishment of a commission with the mandate to examine policies, programmes and other initiatives on women’s rights and gender equality, and to make recommendations. More
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Women’s Property Rights and Access to Justice in India – K. Bates

December 16, 2011
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BATES, K., Women’s Property Rights and Access to Justice in India : A Socio-Legal Ethnography of Widowhood and Inheritance Practices in Maharashtra. Thèse de doctorat, Département d’anthropologie, Université McGill, 2005.
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Pakistan: Bill against Women’s Disinheritance

December 13, 2011
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“The bill recommends punishment for giving female in marriage or otherwise in ‘badla-e-sulh’, wani or swara. It says, “Whoever gives a female in marriage or otherwise compels her to enter into marriage, as ‘badla-e-sulh’, wanni, or swara or any other custom or practice under any name, in consideration of settling a civil dispute...
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In the Shadow of Shari’ah: Islam, Islamic Law, and Democracy in Pakistan

December 13, 2011
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In the Shadow of Shari’ah: Islam, Islamic Law, and Democracy in Pakistan In the Shadow of Shari’ah: Islam, Islamic Law, and Democracy in Pakistan is the most approachable yet detailed book on the conflicting relationship among custom, Islamic law and state law in Pakistani Punjab with regard to property rights and women’s disinheritance especially. This book grounds on data collected in archives and law courts in...
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“Divorce Among Indian Muslims. Survey Report from Bombay and Pune”

December 12, 2011
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“Divorce Among Indian Muslims. Survey Report from Bombay and Pune” Munira Merchant, 1993, “Divorce Among Indian Muslims. Survey Report from Bombay and Pune”, Manushi, 77 (July-August): 9-12.   This really short paper is interesting because it is based on a survey on a wide sample (100 couples) of Muslim divorced women and highlights important aspects of disputes over property and maintenance both within community...
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“Muslim Women’s Rights to Inheritance. Shari‘a law and its practice among the Dawwodi Bohras of Udaipur, Rajasthan”

December 12, 2011
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“Muslim Women’s Rights to Inheritance. Shari‘a law and its practice among the Dawwodi Bohras of Udaipur, Rajasthan” Zenab Banu, 1995, “Muslim Women’s Rights to Inheritance. Shari‘a law and its practice among the Dawwodi Bohras of Udaipur, Rajasthan”, in Engineer A. A., Problems of Muslim Women in India, Orient Longman: Hyderabad: 34-39. This short paper addresses the case of the women belonging to the Dawoodi Bohras sect in Udaipur attempting to answer...
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“Women, Land, and Law: Dispute Resolution at the Village Level”

December 12, 2011
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“Women, Land, and Law: Dispute Resolution at the Village Level” Gupta, J., 2005, “Women, Land, and Law: Dispute Resolution at the Village Level”, in Basu, S. (ed), Dowry and Inheritance, London and New York: Zed Books.   This paper is part of the report of a project carried out in West Bengal between 1996 and 1999 on the extent of rights women have over...
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“Coniugality, Law, and State: Inheritance Rights as Pivot Control in Northern India”

December 12, 2011
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“Coniugality, Law, and State: Inheritance Rights as Pivot Control in Northern India” Chowdhry, P., 2005, “Coniugality, Law, and State: Inheritance Rights as Pivot Control in Northern India”, in Basu, S. (ed), Dowry and Inheritance, London and New York: Zed Books.   This paper by Prem Chowdry focuses on the relationship between inheritance rights of women and widow remarriage, and the role which the state has played...
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“Inheritance Rights for Women. A Response to Some Commonly Expressed Fears”

December 5, 2011
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“Inheritance Rights for Women. A Response to Some Commonly Expressed Fears” Madhu Kishwar, Ruth Vanita, 1990, “Inheritance Rights for Women: A Response to Some Commonly Expressed Fears”, Manushi, 57 (March-April): 3-9.   This committed paper deals with some of the fears commonly expressed in mainstream (male) political discourse regarding women’s inheritance rights in order to confute them and provide alternative proposals for actually getting women...
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“Frogs in a Well. Indian Women in Purdah”

December 5, 2011
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“Frogs in a Well. Indian Women in Purdah” Jeffery, P., 1979, Frogs in a Well. Indian Women in Purdah, London: Zed Press   The book addresses a theme that only partly fits with our research topic. Indeed, the main focus of “Frogs in a Well” is the analysis of purdah (“seclusion”, litt. “curtain”) practices of Indian Muslim women, specifically those experienced by...
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