Women, Land, and Law: Dispute Resolution at the Village LevelCase studies with special reference to four villages in West Bengal, India. |
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24 Parganas addressed agricultural labourer agricultural land Anawara areas beneficiaries bigamy brothers caste circular courts cultivation daughters decision denial district legal aid divorce dominant dowry equal rights formal law gram committee gram panchayat gram sabhas gram shalishi homestead households husband India individual inheritance issue of joint joint pattas joint titles lac acre land distribution land reform landless lawyers Left Front Government legal aid centres Mafuza pointed maintenance Manjura married matrimonial home matrimonial property rights matters mediation Midnapur mortgaged Moslesh multiple marriages Muslim community Muslim women negotiating Oddoot parental property parties peasant organizations personal laws political procedures productive resources programme property-related Rabiya Rahima Ranjit real property record religion Renuka right to matrimonial rights of women Sabita separation settlement share social status structure talaq territory of India Uniform Civil Code usufruct village community village level West Bengal women's movement women's organization women's rights