Redefining Family Law in India

Archana Parashar is Associate Professor in Law at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. She has an abiding interest in Western Feminist theory, its presence in contemporary legal theory, and its relevance for women in the third world and immigrant women in Australia. She has published many articles on the subject of women's position under the personal laws, the relevance of legal pluralism, and its implications for gender justice in the Indian family laws. She is the author of Women and Family Law Reform in India (1992) and has co-edited (with Amita Dhanda) Engendering Law: Essays in Honour of Lotika Sarkar (1999). Amita Dhanda is Professor of Law at the National Academy ofLegal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad, India. Shehas been studying closely the legal processes which contributeto conditions of exclusion and marginalisation, and exploringlegal strategies that can reverse the process. She has written extensivelyon the legal position of persons with psychosocial and intellectualdisabilities. She is the author of Legal Order and MentalDisorder (2000); co-author of On Their Own (2005); and jointlyrevised Bindra's Interpretation of Statutes (2007). She has also co-edited (with Archana Parashar) Engendering Law: Essays inHonour of Lotika Sarkar (1999).