6th Semester LLB Unitary - Gender Justice and Feminist Jurisprudence - Notes, Question Papers and Syllabus
Gender Justice and Feminist Jurisprudence
Unit I
Women Empowerment as a Social Change – Role of Law in Empowering Women – Feminism and Feminist Jurisprudence – Emergence of Feminism and Feminist Jurisprudence – Different Theories of Feminism and Feminist Jurisprudence – Distinction Between “Sex” (Nature) and “Gender” (Culture) – Concept of Gender Justice – Gender Discrimination – Gender Equality.
Unit II
Gender Justice Under the Constitution of India – Social Justice and Gender Justice – Interrelationship – Article 14, 15 and 16, Article 21 & 23, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties – Reservation Under 73rd & 74th Constitutional Amendments – Judicial Approaches to Equality – Formal and Substantive Equality – Sameness, Correctionist and Protectionist Approaches of Judiciary – Role of Human Rights Commissions, Women’s Commissions and Judiciary in Ensuring Gender Justice.
Unit III
Personal Laws and Gender Justice – Marriage and Divorce, Maintenance, Guardianship, Adoption, Inheritance Rights – Uniform Personal Code – Concept of Matrimonial Property – Emancipation of Women – Empowerment of Women and Local Self Government.
Unit IV
Gender Justice and Criminal Law – Protection of Women’s Interests under IPC – Relevant Offences: Dowry Death, Rape, Bigamy, Adultery, Cruelty to Married Women – Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013 – Special Legislations for Women: Prisons Act 1894, Factories Act 1948, Mines Act 1952, Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1956, Dowry Prohibition Act 1961, Maternity Benefit Act 1961, Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971, Equal Remuneration Act 1976, Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 1986, Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act 1987, Pre-Conception and Prenatal Diagnostics Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act 1994, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005, Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013.
Unit V
Gender Justice Under International Conventions and Declarations – Judicial Attitude Towards Gender Justice.
Suggested Readings:
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Prof. (Dr.) G. Rajasekharan Nair – Gender Justice under Criminal Justice System
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G.B. Reddy – Women and the Law
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S.P. Sathe – Towards Gender Justice
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Lalita Dhar Parihar – Women and Law: From Impoverishment to Empowerment
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Rathin Bandyopadhyay (Ed.) – Women Rights Human Rights
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Patricia Smith (Ed.) – Feminist Jurisprudence
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Ratna Kapur and Brenda Crossman – Subversive Sites: Feminist Engagements with Law in India
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Paras Diwan and Piyush Diwan – Women and Legal Protection
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Susan Edwards (Ed.) – Gender, Sex, Law
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Catherine A. Mackinnon – Towards a Feminist Theory of the State
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Indu Prakash Singh – Women, Law and Social Change in India
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Anjani Kant – Women and the Law
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