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Governing conjugality : social hygiene and the doctrine of restitution of conjugal rights in England and India in the nineteenth century
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Lammasniemi, Laura and Sharma, Kanika (2021) Governing conjugality : social hygiene and the doctrine of restitution of conjugal rights in England and India in the nineteenth century. Australian Feminist Law Journal, 47 (1). pp. 67-84. doi:10.1080/13200968.2021.1923252 ISSN 1320-0968.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13200968.2021.1923252
Abstract
This article focuses on the doctrine of restitution of conjugal rights (RCR) as a colonial legal transplant and examines how ideas of social and moral hygiene manifested in the debates around the doctrine in late-nineteenth century England and India. Originating in ecclesiastical law, the doctrine of RCR provides remedies and sanctions for the deserted spouse when one party has violated the obligation to cohabit as husband and wife. Through a critical examination of the history and application of the doctrine, the article traces the specific ways in which such suits developed and became rooted in Hindu, Parsi and Muslim marital law in India, while simultaneously falling out of favour in England. It places the doctrine in the context of changing ideas of marriage and argues that social hygiene became the tool through which the doctrine was both resisted in England and lauded in colonial India.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | K Law [Moys] > KB General and Comparative Law K Law [Moys] > KN Common Law, Private Law K Law [Moys] > KT Asia and Pacific R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Marriage law -- England-- History -- 19th century, Marriage law -- India -- History -- 19th century, Customary law -- England-- History -- 19th century, Customary law -- India -- History -- 19th century, Conflict of laws -- Matrimonial actions -- England, Conflict of laws -- Matrimonial actions -- India, Sexual health -- England -- History -- 19th century, Sexual health -- India - History -- 19th century | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Australian Feminist Law Journal | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Australasia | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1320-0968 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2021 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 47 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 67-84 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/13200968.2021.1923252 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | โThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Australian Feminist Law Journal on 23/06/2021, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13200968.2021.1923252 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 June 2021 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 23 December 2022 |
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