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Dadaji Bhikaji v Rukhmabai: Rewriting Consent and Conjugal Relations in Colonial India (2021)
Journal Article
Sharma, K., Lammasniemi, L., & Sarkar, T. (in press). Dadaji Bhikaji v Rukhmabai: Rewriting Consent and Conjugal Relations in Colonial India. Indian Law Review, 5(3), 265-287. https://doi.org/10.1080/24730580.2021.1962083

Through an examination of the late nineteenth century case of Dadaji Bhikaji v Rukhmabai this article traces the history of the doctrine of restitution of conjugal rights (“RCR”) in Hindu law in colonial India. It highlights the importance of caste i... Read More about Dadaji Bhikaji v Rukhmabai: Rewriting Consent and Conjugal Relations in Colonial India.

Groundwater Law and Management in India: From an Elitist to an Egalitarian Paradigm (2021)
Book Chapter
Cullet, P. (2021). Groundwater Law and Management in India: From an Elitist to an Egalitarian Paradigm. In S. A. Khan, T. G. Puthucherril, & S. R. Paul (Eds.), From Elite to Egalitarian: The Changing Landscape of Groundwater Law in India (337-347). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2617-3_24

Groundwater law has been structured around a direct relationship between access to land and control over groundwater since the middle of the nineteenth century. The premises for the existing legal framework are not suited to today’s conditions. The p... Read More about Groundwater Law and Management in India: From an Elitist to an Egalitarian Paradigm.

Governing Conjugality: Social Hygiene and The Doctrine of Restitution of Conjugal Rights in England and India in the Nineteenth Century (2021)
Journal Article
Lammasniemi, L., & Sharma, K. (in press). 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), 67-84. https://doi.org/10.1080/13200968.2021.1923252

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.... Read More about Governing Conjugality: Social Hygiene and The Doctrine of Restitution of Conjugal Rights in England and India in the Nineteenth Century.

英国刑事法律中关于性侵儿童案件的基本问题 (Rules and Principles on Sexual Offences against Children in the UK) (2021)
Book Chapter
Mou, Y. (2021). 英国刑事法律中关于性侵儿童案件的基本问题 (Rules and Principles on Sexual Offences against Children in the UK). In H. Wu (Ed.), 刑事法学研究 (Criminal Law Studies) (130-179). China University of Political Society and Law Press

性侵未成年人案件涉及刑事规范的多个层面,既包括刑事实体法中相关的性犯罪构成问题,也包括证据法中侵害事实的证明问题,以及在确定构成性犯罪以后,如何有效地对侵害人进行危险性评估及相应的管理与惩戒等问题。本文以英国的刑事法律制度为例,深入介绍和分析英国刑事... Read More about 英国刑事法律中关于性侵儿童案件的基本问题 (Rules and Principles on Sexual Offences against Children in the UK).