'Family Law' refers to the set of legal rules which are in practice in India with regards to 'family' issues - marriage, divorce, inheritance, etc. This volume is a collection of articles by different scholars across disciplines to generate a discourse on just Family Law.

B. Sivaramayya: A Work Profile Introduction: Archana Parashar and Amita Dhanda 1. Inheriting Modernity: A Discussion Concerning the Problem of Religious Intolerance in Three Traditions: Christianity, Islam and Hinduism M. Vasudevacharya 2. Wives and Whores: The Regulation of the Economies in Sexual Labour Prabha Kotiswaran 3. Saving Custom or Promoting Incest? Post-Independence Marriage Law and Dravidian Marriage Practices Patricia Uberoi 4. A Psychosocial Critique of the Law of Adoption in India Amita Dhanda 5. Paternalistic Law, Autonomous Child and the Responsible Judges Archana Parashar 6. Dysphoric Bodies of Law Damini Bhalla and Supriya Sankaran 7. Sexuality, Freedom and the Law S.P. Sathe 8. Divorce at the Wife's Initiative In Muslim personal Law: What are the Opinions and What are Their Implications for Women's Welfare? Sylvia Vatuk 9. Hindu Conjugality: Transition from Sacrament to Contractual Obligations Flavia Agnes 10. Family, Work and Matrimonial property: Implications for Women and Children Kamala Sankaran 11. Succession Laws and Gender Justice Poonam Pradhan Saxena 12. 'Bargaining', Gender Equality and Legal Change: The Case of India's Inheritance Laws Bina Agarwal Index