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Rape, molestation, bride-burning, wife-beating, prostitution, abduction . . . the list of crimes against women seems never ending. All laws, whether protective or general, fall like the proverbial pack of cards in the face of social realities underlining the fact that law in action is totally different from the law in books.It is in this context that this book presents a critical analysis of the existing laws on crimes against women. It takes note of the ...
The book "Child Marriage in South Asia : Brutal Murder of Innocence" deals with the problem of child marriage in all SAARC countries--Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Such violate even the most basic human rights of a girl child and are an anachronism in this enlightened twenty-first century yet they are widely performed under the garb of cultural practices and social norms despite the existence of several ...