South Asians and the Dowry Problem

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Werner Menski
Vistaar Publications, 1998 - Dowry - 262 pages
Collection of the main papers from three International Conferences on Dowry and Bride-Burning; the 1st and 2nd conferences were held at Harvard University in 1995 and 1996 and the 3rd at London University in 1997.

Contents

The Authors
1
Chapter
3
Chapter
11
Chapter
13
A survey of the issues and the literature
37
Chapter 4
61
Chapter 5
75
Chapter 6
97
22
170
Chapter 9
175
Chapter 10
199
Practical steps towards eradicating dowry and bride
209
28
232
Table of cases
239
31
253
Index
261

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124
An assessment of the enforcement hurdles in
151
98
262
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