Revisiting personal laws in Bangladesh : proposals for reform /

Revisiting personal laws in Bangladesh : proposals for reform / edited by Faustina Pereira, Shahnaz Huda, Sara Hossain. - Boston : Brill Nijhoff, 2019 - xxii, 277 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm. - Studies in international minority and group rights, volume 14 2210-2132 ; .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Civil laws governing Christians in Bangladesh : a proposal for reform / Faustina Pereira -- Combating gender injustice : women and the Hindu law of personal status in Bangladesh : comparative analysis / Shahnaz Huda -- Muslim women's rights under Bangladesh law : provisions, practices and policies related to custody and guardianship / Nowrin Tamanna, Muhammad Amirul Haq and Sara Hossain -- Gender, personal laws and practices of the Bengali Barua Buddhists of Bangladesh / Shahnaz Huda -- Personal laws of the indigenous peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh : a gender perspective / Rani Yan Yan and Raja Devasish Roy.



9789004357341 (hardback : alk. paper)


Domestic relations--Bangladesh.
Religious minorities--Legal status, laws, etc.--Bangladesh.
Muslims--Legal status, laws, etc.--Bangladesh.
Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.--Bangladesh.

342.549208 / R4541