Family & Health Law

Muslim personal law has been time and again challenged evenin the Muslim countries. Recently division bench of the Bangladesh High Courtruled that utterance of the word talaq or divorce three times in one sitting bythe an estranged Muslim husband would not constitute a valid and legallypermissible d... More

Medicine and health care generate many bioethical problems and dilemmas that are of great academic, professional and public interest. This comprehensive resource is designed as a succinct yet authoritative text and reference for clinicians, bioethicists, and advanced students seeking a better unders... More

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This book examines the participation of Muslim women insocial, economic, religious and other developmental aspects of the Muslimsociety. Effort has been made to provide the reader with a cross-section of theviews on the problems Muslim women face and the many hurdles that come their wayand prevent t... More

Wounded Justice - is a reality in administration of criminal justice by police. Victims of crime, victims of abuse of power/misuse of authority, victims of circumstances and so on are of no concern for police in the prevailing rule of law and criminal justice administration. As there is always a vic... More

This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date discussion of contemporary debates at the interface between psychology and criminal law. The topics surveyed include critiques of eyewitness testimony; the jury; sentencing as a human process; the psychologist as expert witness; persuasion in the courtr... More

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date look at child labor, the exploitative relationship of the economy to the children of the poor and the marginalized in India, and on child rights as a key issues in the development debate internationally.... More

The main thrust of the author is on socio-economic andpolitical-legal study having deep bearing on Child Labour In India. In fact ithas become an acute and complex problem in our society and in spite of severallaws prohibiting child labour in the industry, domestic affairs and elsewhere,there appear... More

The key role of "incentives" in family law is considered in this economic approach to family law. The book discusses the possible adverse consequences emanating from faulty legal design, while demonstrating that good family law should provide incentives for consistent and honest behavior. Economists... More

This study integrates social science research, social policy, and legal analysis related to children and the law. It provides the most cutting-edge information available on topics such as child abuse, children's eyewitness testimony, divorce and custody, juvenile crime, and children's rights. The vo... More

This book contains an exhaustive overview of the historical, legislative, executive, and judicial processes relating to juvenile justice and identifies the parameters and constraints of the juvenile justice system in India.This book contains an exhaustive overview of the historical, legislative, exe... More

This book places the subject of child marriage firmly within the context of international human rights. It shows how child marriage violates every human right to which a child is entitled: the right to health, to education, to equality, to liberty and security of the person and of course the right t... More

Child Marriage is another 'blessing' of the medieval age and it was born from the same compulsions that perpetuated Sati. Child-marriage was not prevalent in ancient India. Svayam-vara can be translated as self selection of one's husband, Svayam-self, Vara-husband. Various types of marriages were pr... More

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