In Progress

"The Family" is a term that is more often assumed rather than explained. There is a need, says RATNA KAPUR, to recognize the diverse forms of family that exist in India today, and review the laws that assume just one family form.

In this edited version of her paper, Ratna Kapur discusses how law reproduces and reinforces a dominant understanding of "the family" and unequal (gender relations and explains why it is important for feminists to challenge this dominant understanding and how law can be used in this process.