01270 a2200253 4500 113835595X 20250317100402.0 250312042022GB eng 9781138355958 Taylor & Francis GBP 29.99 BB 01 eng LNM thema LNM bic LAW000000 bisac LAW043000 bisac 346.540432 bisac Reena Patel Hindu Women's Property Rights in Rural India Law, Labour and Culture in Action 1 Oxford Routledge 20220228 158 p Hindu women in India have independent right of ownership to property under the Law of Succession (The Hindu Succession Act, 1956). However, during the last five decades of its operation not many women have exercised their rights under the enactment. This volume addresses the issue of Hindu peasant women's ability to effectuate the statutory rights to succession and assert ownership of their share in family land. The work combines a critical evaluation of law with economic analyses into allocation of resources within the family as a means of addressing gender relations and explaining resulting gender inequalities. 1370 1370