Child Marriage in India Socio-Legal and Human Rights Dimensions

Name: Child Marriage in India Socio-Legal and Human Rights Dimensions
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ISBN: 9780195668902

ISBN-10: 0195668901

ISBN-13: 9780195668902

Edition: 2005

Authors: Jaya Sagade

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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 to make a free and informed choice of a spouse. The book focusses in particular on the devastating effects of such marriages on the health and development of the girl child. It shows how the practice of child marriage reinforces the basic problem of low levels of health, and education among women. It also contains a powerful critique of the state of the law, the lacunae in it as well as the…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/24/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.46" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Foreword




Dimensions of the problem of child marriage in India : causes and consequences



Legal discourse on age of marriage



Personal laws, legal reform, and the judiciary



Child marriage and international human rights



Human rights violated by the custom of child marriage



The girl child's right to development : adverse consequences of child marriage



Strategies and future action