Gopika Solanki
Biographic Data
| ID | 4248054 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gopika Solanki |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gopika |
| FAMILY NAME | Solanki |
| SIGNATURE | SOLANKI G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Governing Hindu marriage or interreligious marriage
This paper examines state-society relations in the adjudication of marriage at the cusp of two policies, namely the Indian state’s policy of affirmative action for marginalized castes and the recognition of religion-based personal laws. Based on qualitative research conducted in Mumbai, the paper discusses the dilemmas, and challenges of the fusion of inter-religious and Hindu marriages. Focusing on actions of state officials and societal actors,…
The Retelling of Tales
Globally, women's movements share the twin concerns of equality within the family and freedom from domestic violence. The following questions conjoin and animate these debates: Given that violence against women is a global phenomenon, why are some states more effective at controlling domestic violence than others? What is the correlation between inequality encoded in family laws and the rate of violence against women in society? Are legally plura…
Beyond the Limitations of the Impasse
How do feminists harmonise cultural rights and gender equality in the governance of the family in multicultural and legally plural societies? Faced with the dilemma that advancing gender justice in the family by advocating uniform laws across religious differences would undermine minority rights in the context of growing Hindu nationalism in the 1990s, the Indian women's movement shifted ideologies and practice and pursued an assemblage of reform…
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Adjudication in Religious Family Laws
1. Introduction 2. The shared adjudication model: theoretical framework and arguments 3. State law and the adjudication process: marriage, divorce, and the conjugal family in Hindu and Muslim personal law 4. Making and unmaking the conjugal family: the administration of Hindu law in society 5. Juristic diversity, contestations over 'Islamic law' and women's rights: regulation of matrimonial matters in Muslim personal law 6. Conclusion
Adjudication in Religious Family Laws
1. Introduction 2. The shared adjudication model: theoretical framework and arguments 3. State law and the adjudication process: marriage, divorce, and the conjugal family in Hindu and Muslim personal law 4. Making and unmaking the conjugal family: the administration of Hindu law in society 5. Juristic diversity, contestations over 'Islamic law' and women's rights: regulation of matrimonial matters in Muslim personal law 6. Conclusion
Beyond the Limitations of the Impasse
How do feminists harmonise cultural rights and gender equality in the governance of the family in multicultural and legally plural societies? Faced with the dilemma that advancing gender justice in the family by advocating uniform laws across religious differences would undermine minority rights in the context of growing Hindu nationalism in the 1990s, the Indian women's movement shifted ideologies and practice and pursued an assemblage of reform…
The Retelling of Tales
Globally, women's movements share the twin concerns of equality within the family and freedom from domestic violence. The following questions conjoin and animate these debates: Given that violence against women is a global phenomenon, why are some states more effective at controlling domestic violence than others? What is the correlation between inequality encoded in family laws and the rate of violence against women in society? Are legally plura…
Books by Our Readers
Books by our readers
Adjudication in Religious Family Laws
1. Introduction 2. The shared adjudication model: theoretical framework and arguments 3. State law and the adjudication process: marriage, divorce, and the conjugal family in Hindu and Muslim personal law 4. Making and unmaking the conjugal family: the administration of Hindu law in society 5. Juristic diversity, contestations over 'Islamic law' and women's rights: regulation of matrimonial matters in Muslim personal law 6. Conclusion
The Retelling of Tales
Globally, women's movements share the twin concerns of equality within the family and freedom from domestic violence. The following questions conjoin and animate these debates: Given that violence against women is a global phenomenon, why are some states more effective at controlling domestic violence than others? What is the correlation between inequality encoded in family laws and the rate of violence against women in society? Are legally plura…
Beyond the Limitations of the Impasse
How do feminists harmonise cultural rights and gender equality in the governance of the family in multicultural and legally plural societies? Faced with the dilemma that advancing gender justice in the family by advocating uniform laws across religious differences would undermine minority rights in the context of growing Hindu nationalism in the 1990s, the Indian women's movement shifted ideologies and practice and pursued an assemblage of reform…
Governing Hindu marriage or interreligious marriage
This paper examines state-society relations in the adjudication of marriage at the cusp of two policies, namely the Indian state’s policy of affirmative action for marginalized castes and the recognition of religion-based personal laws. Based on qualitative research conducted in Mumbai, the paper discusses the dilemmas, and challenges of the fusion of inter-religious and Hindu marriages. Focusing on actions of state officials and societal actors,…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Adjudication (3 works) · Family law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Legal and cultural studies analysis (3 works) · Legal pluralism (3 works) · Legal realism (3 works) · Comparative law (2 works)