the shift to marriage as the dominant site of property relations for women; and identifies the contexts that informed the … shift. Within such a context, the author raises the major policy challenges for property legislation in the state. …

of interest of a male Hindu in coparcenary property and recognises the rule of devolution by survivorship among the … members of the coparcenary. The retention of the Mitakashara coparcenary property without including the females in it means … that the females cannot inherit in ancestral property as their male counterparts do. The law by excluding the daughter from …

institutions that have played a role in the construction of property rights in India. The central theme of this paper develops on …This paper is an engagament with the nuances of institutions contained within the edifice of the State, in particular … story of the constitutional construction of property in India. [CSLG Working Paper Series, August 2004] …

landscapes, representing a relatively rare attempt to bridge the gap between studies of the institutions of colonial society, and …

that this causes institutions to become weaker and people to get poorer. It is argued that economic power through property …