Calcutta University LL.B. Honours Curriculum Development Programme: Gender Justice (Volume II)

The subject ‘Gender Justice’ is becoming an important component of LL.B. (Hons) curriculum in many universities and it covers many areas of civil and criminal laws. Therefore, this book has made an attempt to compile various aspects of the subject in one volume written by Academicians, Judges, Advocates having knowledge and experience in the area. The present volume focuses on different areas such as the status of girl child, necessity of gender balance in law, gender justice in sociological perspectives, gender inequality in right to inheritance and succession laws, violence against women, witch hunting, marital rape, conditions of women in organised as well as unorganised sectors and the micro-level study of domestic servants at Kolkata. The book also contains some of the important documents and legislations relating to gender justice such as Universal Declaration of human Rights, SAARC Convention on preventing and combating trafficking in women and children for prostitution. The national Commission for Women Act, The Dowry Prohibition Act, Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, The protection of women from Domestic Violence Act. The book has incorporated both the liberal and critical views of feminist jurisprudence.