Rage, reform, repeat | Review of Mihira Sood’s Courting Equality
Mihira Sood’s book 'Courting Equality' reviews landmark legal cases concerning women's rights in India. The book explores the limitations of the legal system as a tool for social reform.
Why it matters
Offers a critical perspective on the intersection of law, feminism, and social justice in the Indian judicial system.
Rage, reform, repeat | Review of Mihira Sood’s Courting Equality left A candlelight vigil in Bhopal against the 2012 Delhi gang rape. A.M. FARUQUI https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/r1hz75/article71508359.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/BPFAR_30-12-2012_19-37-11_30DEC_01.JPG FARUQUI AM BHOPAL, 30/12/2012: People take part in candle light vigil to pay homage and demanding justice for Delhi gang-rape victim, in Bhopal on December 30, 2012 evening. Photo: A. M. Faruqui Sood’s book traces the landmark cases in the battle for women’s rights and the limits of what they reveal about the ground below A landmark is visible because the ground around it is flat. Mihira Sood’s Courting Equality: Landmark Cases in the Battle for Women’s Rights is, as its subtitle promises, a survey of the tall things, from the Mathura custodial rape case of 1972 to the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code. And, as a survey, it is a very good one, written by a feminist lawyer, and also as a feminist lawyer.
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