TY - JOUR
T1 - Custom and the Courts: ensuring women's rights to land, Jharkhand, India
AU - Rao, Nitya
N1 - mid:14087 dc:ueastatus:post-print formatted dc:ueahesastaffidentifier:0211170000866
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Based on field research in Dumka district, Jharkhand, this article examines the mechanisms through which women operationalize their rights to land. It questions the polarization of legitimation systems into statutory codes and customary practices, as operating independent of each other, and demonstrates the political and temporal situatedness of ‘law’, and the processes of hybridization that allow for the actualization of a legal right, by providing it social recognition and validity. The article explores the choice of different arenas by women for making their claims, with the choice of a particular arena depending not just on access and resource availability, but also on the women's social positionality.
AB - Based on field research in Dumka district, Jharkhand, this article examines the mechanisms through which women operationalize their rights to land. It questions the polarization of legitimation systems into statutory codes and customary practices, as operating independent of each other, and demonstrates the political and temporal situatedness of ‘law’, and the processes of hybridization that allow for the actualization of a legal right, by providing it social recognition and validity. The article explores the choice of different arenas by women for making their claims, with the choice of a particular arena depending not just on access and resource availability, but also on the women's social positionality.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2007.00413.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2007.00413.x
M3 - Article
VL - 38
SP - 299
EP - 319
JO - Development and Change
JF - Development and Change
SN - 0012-155X
IS - 2
ER -
