Optional Papers (Anyone): b. Gender Justice and Feminist Jurisprudence

Unit I — Feminist Jurisprudence

a. Liberal, Dominance and cultural feminism · b. Socialist feminism and critical race feminism · c. Economic feminism in a liberal market · d. Post-modern feminism/ queer theory · e. Controversies in feminism

• Feminist legal theory

Unit II — Gender Justice

a. Meaning, types of gender · b. Sex and gender · c. Gender in justice, reasons associated · d. Gender identity, gender stereo type & gender roles · e. Evolving concept of gender justice in Asia & the West

Unit III — Notions of gender and sex: Deconstructing the third gender

a. Third gender- introduction, meaning & concept · b. Evolution of third gender and their rights · c. Problems faced- societal, family, education, workplace, discrimination by state · d. Demand for legal recognition

Unit IV — Contemporary debates around men & women

a. International conventions & constitutional provisions · b. Domestic violence, dowry deaths & marital rape · c. Inheritance & surrogacy rights · d. Misuse of Women Comrade Laws and Need for Protection

• Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
• Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
• Position of Women under International instruments — Salient features of Convention for Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and optional protocols to the Convention