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Statutory Law, Patriarchy and Inheritance

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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Statutory Law, Patriarchy and Inheritance written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intestate succession law gives the matrimonial home to the first-born son of the deceased in a case where the husband does not make a Will bequeathing the matrimonial home to his wife. [...] Since the majority of people, especially men with property, die without any will the law provides for the appointment of a personal representative of the deceased to administer and distribute the estate of the deceased persons according to defined and fixed percentages. [...] The intestate succession law guarantees the widow only the user rights to the matrimonial home and the eldest son of the deceased inherits the matrimonial home (Wagubi, 2003;Okumi-Wengi, 1994). [...] Therefore, granting the matrimonial home in the city to the eldest son of the deceased instead of the widow deprives the widow of her lifetime's contribution to the home project when her name is not on the title deed. [...] Though Jennifer's husband had the liberty to bequeath the matrimonial home to his wife as a sole beneficiary and sole executor he preferred the home to remain in the male line by including two of his male relatives as executors in the Will to protect the family property.

Toward a Feminist Theory of the State

Author : Catharine A. MacKinnon
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674896468
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book Toward a Feminist Theory of the State written by Catharine A. MacKinnon and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the author's analysis of politics, sexuality and the law from the perspective of women. Using the debate over Marxism and feminism as a point of departure, MacKinnon develops a theory of gender centred on sexual subordination and applies it to the State.

Rights and Reality

Author : Marjolein Benschop
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
ISBN 13 : 9789211316636
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book Rights and Reality written by Marjolein Benschop and published by UN-HABITAT. This book was released on 2002 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Family, Law, and Inheritance in America

Author : Yvonne Pitts
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107035503
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Family, Law, and Inheritance in America by : Yvonne Pitts

Download or read book Family, Law, and Inheritance in America written by Yvonne Pitts and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yvonne Pitts explores nineteenth-century inheritance practices by focusing on testamentary capacity trials in Kentucky in which disinherited family members challenged relatives' wills, claiming the testator lacked the capacity required to write a valid will. By anchoring the study in the history of local communities and the texts of elite jurists, Pitts demonstrates that "capacity" was a term laden with legal meaning and competing communal values.

Women, Business and the Law 2021

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464816530
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Women, Business and the Law 2021 written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2021-04-05 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women, Business and the Law 2021 is the seventh in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and regulations that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies. The project presents eight indicators structured around women’s interactions with the law as they move through their lives and careers: Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pension. This year’s report updates all indicators as of October 1, 2020 and builds evidence of the links between legal gender equality and women’s economic inclusion. By examining the economic decisions women make throughout their working lives, as well as the pace of reform over the past 50 years, Women, Business and the Law 2021 makes an important contribution to research and policy discussions about the state of women’s economic empowerment. Prepared during a global pandemic that threatens progress toward gender equality, this edition also includes important findings on government responses to COVID-19 and pilot research related to childcare and women’s access to justice.

Women's Human Rights

Author : Susan Deller Ross
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812200020
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Women's Human Rights written by Susan Deller Ross and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-10-09 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Susan Deller Ross, many human rights advocates still do not see women's rights as human rights. Yet women in many countries suffer from laws, practices, customs, and cultural and religious norms that consign them to a deeply inferior status. Advocates might conceive of human rights as involving torture, extrajudicial killings, or cruel and degrading treatment—all clearly in violation of international human rights—and think those issues irrelevant to women. Yet is female genital mutilation, practiced on millions of young girls and even infants, not a gross violation of human rights? When a family decides to murder a daughter in the name of "honor," is that not an extrajudicial killing? When a husband rapes or savagely beats his wife, knowing the legal authorities will take no action on her behalf, is that not cruel and degrading treatment? Women's Human Rights is the first human rights casebook to focus specifically on women's human rights. Rich with interdisciplinary material, the book advances the study of the deprivation and violence women suffer due to discriminatory laws, religions, and customs that deny them their most fundamental freedoms. It also provides present and future lawyers the legal tools for change, demonstrating how human rights treaties can be used to obtain new laws and court decisions that protect women against discrimination with respect to employment, land ownership, inheritance, subordination in marriage, domestic violence, female genital mutilation, polygamy, child marriage, and the denial of reproductive rights. Ross examines international and regional human rights treaties in depth, including treaty language and the jurisprudence and general interpretive guidelines developed by human rights bodies. By studying how international human rights law has been and can be implemented at the domestic level through local courts and legislatures, readers will understand how to call upon these newly articulated human rights to help bring about legislation, court decisions, and executive action that protect women from human rights violations.

Handbook of Social Status Correlates

Author : Lee Ellis
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128092947
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Social Status Correlates written by Lee Ellis and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2018-01-26 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Social Status Correlates summarizes findings from nearly 4000 studies on traits associated with variations in socioeconomic status. Much of the information is presented in roughly 300 tables, each one providing a visual snapshot of what research has indicated regarding how a specific human trait appears to be correlated with socioeconomic status. The social status measures utilized and the countries in which each study was conducted are also identified. QUESTIONS ADDRESSED INCLUDE THE FOLOWING: Are personality traits such as extraversion, competitiveness, and risk-taking associated with social status? How universal are sex differences in income and other forms of social status? What is the association between health and social status? How much does the answer vary according to specific diseases? How well established are the relationships between intelligence and social status? Is religiosity associated with social status, or does the answer depend on which religion is being considered? Are physiological factors correlated with social status, even factors involving the brain? Finally, are there as yet any "universal correlates of social status"?

Property Rights, Intersectionality, and Women’s Empowerment in Nepal

Author : Pradhan, Rajendra
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Property Rights, Intersectionality, and Women’s Empowerment in Nepal by : Pradhan, Rajendra

Download or read book Property Rights, Intersectionality, and Women’s Empowerment in Nepal written by Pradhan, Rajendra and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this paper, we explore how different norms around property rights affect the empowerment of women of different social positions over the life cycle. We first review the conceptual foundations of property, empowerment, and intersectionality, and then present the methodology and empirical findings from ethnographic field work in Nepal. Going beyond formal ownership of property, we look at changes in property rights over personal and joint property at different stages of women’s lives. Finally, the paper makes recommendations for how research and development projects, especially in South Asia, can avoid misinterpreting asset and empowerment data by incorporating nuance around the concepts of property rights over the household life cycle

Gender and Law

Author : Lorenzo Cotula
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251055632
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (556 download)

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Download or read book Gender and Law written by Lorenzo Cotula and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women constitute a large portion of the economically active population engaged in agriculture. International instruments on human rights, the environment and sustainable development reaffirm the principle of non-discrimination on the basis of sex or gender. Yet women often face gendered obstacles in realizing their rights and feeding their families. The right to an adequate standard of living, including adequate food, may thus not be fulfilled. These obstacles may stem from directly or indirectly discriminatory norms or from entrenched socio-cultural practices, or both. This study analyses the gender dimension of agriculture-related legislation in a selection of different countries around the world, examining the legal status of women in three key areas: rights to land and other natural resources; rights of women agricultural workers; and rights concerning women's agricultural self-employment activities, ranging from women's status in rural cooperatives to their access to credit, training and extension services.

Religion, Law and Security in Africa

Author : M Christian Green
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN 13 : 1928314422
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (283 download)

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Download or read book Religion, Law and Security in Africa written by M Christian Green and published by AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Security is a key topic of our time. But how do we understand it? Do law and religion take different views of it? In this fifth volume in the Law and Religion in Africa series, radicalisation, terrorism, blasphemy, hate speech, religious freedom and just war theories rub shoulders with issues of witchcraft, female genital mutilation circumcision, child marriage, displaced communities and additional issues besides. This unique collection of topics is both challenging and inspiring, providing illumination in troubled times, and forming a sound foundation for future scholarship.

Gender Politics and Governance in Africa

Author : T. Oladejo
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9785864952
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book Gender Politics and Governance in Africa written by T. Oladejo and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good governance is an index of human development. What constitutes good governance is holistic and gender issues are key components in the formation and practice of governance. In pre-colonial Africa, governance is inclusive of men and women. In the pre-colonial era, it could be argued that women had spheres of power and powerlessness. In most post-colonial societies of Africa, it is a rarity to accord women positions in government. Yet, the United Nations Conferences held in Copenhagen (1980), Nairobi (1985), Beijing (1995) and New York (2000), all had drafts and resolutions to change inequalities and vulnerabilities women encounter in public and private spaces. What are the issues to understand in the inclusion or exclusion of women in governance of African states and societies? This book explicates the experiential issues in gender, politics and governance. The 'known' are the stereotypes accorded to women as weak and unfit to take strategic roles in public life. Scholars across disciplines have debunked this perception. The known constantly linger in perpetuity because the development plans of African states fail to understand what it takes to have women empowered in all ramifications.

Catholic Queen, Protestant Patriarchy

Author : K. Walton
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230285953
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Catholic Queen, Protestant Patriarchy written by K. Walton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-11-28 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Stuart is infamous for the mysteries of her reign. Mary ruled in a patriarchal society and married a subject; a Catholic queen who was the only person in her kingdom legally allowed to hear Catholic mass. These contradictions in Mary's life forced her contemporaries to search for new answers about how Scotland should be governed.

The Oxford Handbook of Roman Law and Society

Author : Paul J du Plessis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191044423
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Roman Law and Society written by Paul J du Plessis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Roman Law and Society surveys the landscape of contemporary research and charts principal directions of future inquiry. More than a history of doctrine or an account of jurisprudence, the Handbook brings to bear upon Roman legal study the full range of intellectual resources of contemporary legal history, from comparison to popular constitutionalism, from international private law to law and society, thereby setting itself apart from other volumes as a unique contribution to scholarship on its subject. The Handbook brings the study of Roman law into closer alignment and dialogue with historical, sociological, and anthropological research into law in other periods. It will therefore be of value not only to ancient historians and legal historians already focused on the ancient world, but to historians of all periods interested in law and its complex and multifaceted relationship to society.

Ageing, Ageism and the Law

Author : Israel (Issi) Doron
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788972112
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (889 download)

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Download or read book Ageing, Ageism and the Law written by Israel (Issi) Doron and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Europe is ageing. However, in many European countries, and in almost all fields of life, older persons experience discrimination, social exclusion, and negative stereotypes that portray them as different or a burden to society. This pivotal book is the first of its kind, providing a rich and diverse analysis of the inter-relationships between ageing, ageism and law within Europe.

Voices of African Women

Author : Johanna Bond
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Voices of African Women written by Johanna Bond and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voices of African Women is a collection of essays by accomplished women's rights lawyers from Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania. In the last decade, women's human rights have been the focus of significant attention at the international level. There remains, however, a dearth of information concerning the application and relevance of international norms at grassroots levels within Africa. There are few works about women's human rights within Africa that are actually written by African women lawyers and human rights activists. This book offers a glimpse into the lives of women in Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania; it describes -- in their own words -- the challenges these activists face in implementing international human rights norms at the local and national levels. "The contributors are a unique set of talented analysts... Introductions for each chapter are by Johanna Bond, whose precise summaries and analyses of the topics systematize what would otherwise be repetitive evidence found in similar circumstances in these African countries. Summing Up: Recommended." -- CHOICE Magazine, November 2005 "The book is well worth space on...professionals' bookshelves." -- African Studies Association, 2006 "The book is useful and essential reading for anyone interested in women's rights in Africa. This has to be the most detailed and up-to-date book on women's rights in this region." -- Modern African Studies

A Republic of Statutes

Author : William N. Eskridge (Jr.)
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300120885
Total Pages : 591 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book A Republic of Statutes written by William N. Eskridge (Jr.) and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Eskridge and John Ferejohn propose an original theory of constitutional law whereby, while the Constitution provides a vision, our democracy advances by means of statutes that supplement or even supplant the written Constitution.

Gender Perspectives on Property and Inheritance

Author : Sarah Cummings
Publisher : Oxfam
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Gender Perspectives on Property and Inheritance written by Sarah Cummings and published by Oxfam. This book was released on 2001 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title features contributions from the South addressing gender equality and inheritance rights at the household level. Disparities between customary law, family law, and the official legal system are discussed with regard to property rights, marriage, land rights and inheritance. Each article covers the current situation and experiences of violation of women's personal rights and provides policy tools to bring about improvement. Material from across the developing world is included in the annotated bibliography and the resources section. Published in association with KIT Publishers.