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020			_a978-81-8455-506-6
082			_223 _a346.0134 _bGUP
100			_aGupta Payal
245			_aWomen, law and public opinion / _cPayal Gupta.
250			_a1st ed. _b2014.
260			_aNew Delhi. _bOmega Publications; _c2014.
300			_a248 p . ; _bhardbound _c14x22cm
505			_a1. Public opinion 2. Deliberative democracy 3. Engels and the origin of women's Oppression 4. Portrayal of women in mass media: Mobilising public opinion 5. Gender related legislation issues and challenges: Laws related to women in India 6. Gender equality in India 7. Gender equality Universally embraced, but inequalities acknowledge 8. Mapping the women's movement in India 9. Social action for women: Public interest litigation in India's Supreme court 10. Abortion politics in India and the United States: Women's movements and state 11. Abortion and female infanticide in India 12. Dowry law in India 13. Public litigation and women in India 14. The general assembly declaration on the elimination of discrimination against women 15. National policy for the empowerment of women (2001)
520			_aIn a democratic set up, relationship between law and public opinion is of great significance. This book seeks examine the complex interaction between the two in the context of women's rights in the world's largest liberal democracies-USA and India. As the society progresses new laws are framed to empower women.
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