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Domestic Violence Against Women : Legal Control and Judicial Response
Preeti Misra, Deep and Deep, 2006, xxxviii, 606 p, ISBN : 81-7629-896-4, $55.00 (Includes free airmail shipping)
   
Contents: Preface. List of abbreviations. Introduction. I. Position of women in Indian society: 1. Women in Hinduism. 2. Women in Buddhism. 3. Women in Christianity. 4. Women in Sikhism. 5. Women in Jainism. 6. Women in Muslim period. 7. Women in British rule. 8. Women in Post-independence India. II. Concept of violence against women: A. Definition of violence: 1. Lexicon meaning of violence. 2. Sociological definition of violence. 3. Socio-psychological definition of violence. 4. Operational definition of violence. B. Definition of domestic violence: 1. Definition under criminal law. 2. Definition under special laws. 3. Definition under civil law. 4. Definition under proposed law. 5. The protection of women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. C. Characteristics of domestic violence: 1. Domestic violence in ancient Indian society. 2. Domestic violence in present Indian society. III. Magnitude and forms of domestic violence: A. Violence against female foetus and girl child: 1. Female foeticide. 2. Female infanticide. 3. Incest. B. Violence against married women: 1. Dowry. 2. Cruelty / Wife battering. 3. Sati. C. Violence against elderly women: 1. Abuse of elderly women. 2. Widowhood. IV. Causes of domestic violence: theoretical explanations: 1. Feminist theory: the social problem approach criticisms of the feminist model. 2. The family systems theory. 3. Psychological theory: a focus on individual problems. 4. Physiological theory. 5. Psycho-pathological theory. 6. Socio-psychological theories. 7. Socio-cultural theories. 8. Multi-factor theory. V. Administration of justice and domestic violence: A. Legal response to domestic violence: 1. Provisions under Constitutional law. 2. Provisions under civil law. 3. Provisions under criminal law. 4. Provisions under specific laws. 5....