Author: B Sivaramayya
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 132
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0195664566
Description
This book outlines the principles guiding the division of assets on the termination of marriage and suggests legislative reforms to bring about a more equitable and just system.
Although the book deals with the Indian context, the author uses examples from other countries to provide possible solutions to the contentious problems which policy-makers and judges face.
This book will also be useful for those dealing in marital law, property law and gender justice.
EXCERPTS FROM REVIEWS:
A substantial contribution to the scholarship in the field.. there is no other book written or published in India which has dealt so comprehensively with the subject.
- Lotika Sarkar, Centre for Women’s Development Studies
This book is fascinating reading and contains an instructive appendix giving legislative bills and acts in other countries. It must be commended to a wider readership, not confined to lawyers and judges, but to all socially sensitive people interested in humanist equity and matrimonial magnanimity.
-The Hindu
The book is probably the first attempt to make a thorough and in-depth study of the subject. It is thought provoking as the discussion is not limited to Indian statutes, but is comparative in approach.
-The Book Review
Contents
Abbreviations
Tables of Cases
Introduction
1.Matrimonial Property Law: Concepts and Issues
2.Maintenance and its Analogues
3.Occupational Rights in the Matrimonial Home
4.Matrimonial Property: Division of Assets on Divorce
5.Compulsory Portion
Epilogue
Appendices
Bibliography
Index