Women and Law: Critical Feminist Perspectives

The volume contains eleven essays that examine questions in relation to women and law. They probe aspects like women-centred laws and their efficacy, the ways in which law imagines women, and the ways in which women have engaged with the law. The essays explore topics like domestic violence on women, employment and labour, anti-discrimination jurisprudence, access to rights of forest and land and health and women’s experience of repression legislation such as the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act. Using an interdisciplinary approach and incorporating the views of activists, lawyers and scholars, they delve into some crucial concerns such as prenatal diagnosis for other reasons than sex selection, and state violence on women and the issue of lack of justice in this context.