Family Law Lectures : Family Law - II

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Deals with laws relating to property and succession, which have tremendous practical importance as they form the subject of a substantial portion of the litigation in Indian courts Covers all major aspects of the law of succession relating to Hindus, Muslims, Christians and Parsis Examines, in particular, fundamental concepts dealing with the joint family, coparcenary, partition, interstate succession as well as the law relating to gifts, wills, and inheritance The author analyses major judgments of the Supreme Court and the various High Courts on issues such as the rights of a daughter with respect to coparcenary property, and the applicability of the laws of inheritance for apportionment of ex gratia payment Also examines certain contradictions between the provisions of Central and State legislations post the 2005 Amendment Act The book is essential for LLB students, professors teaching in law schools, students and scholars of gender studies, and will be a valuable asset to law and social science libraries About the Author Dr Poonam Pradhan Saxena is a professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, and has been teaching law for the last thirty years. She is a senior Fulbright scholar, and a visiting faculty at the University of Baltimore, Maryland, USA. she is a Shastri, Indo-Canadian fellow, and has delivered lectures in eleven different universities across Cananda. She is the author of Property Law (2006), a LexisNexis Butterworths publication. She has also contributed to four volumes of the Halsbury's Laws of India, viz, 'Property and Easements' [Volume 29(2)]. Her articles have been published in more than fifty leading Indian and foreign law journals and books. Table of Contents