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CONTENTS Introduction N.R. Madhav Menon Guest Editorial Ratna Kapur ARTICLES On Women, Equality and the Constitution: Through the Looking Glass of Feminism Ratna Kapur and Brenda Cossman Right in the Home: Feminist Theoretical Perspective On International Human Rights Arati Rao From Devadasi Reform to SIT A: Reforming Sex Work in Mysore State, 1892-1937 Janaki Nair Conjugality, Law and State: Inheritance Rights as Pivot of Control in Northern India Prem Chowdhry Women, Land and Agrarian Reform: Issues of Gender and Class in Improving Women's Effective Access to Land Govind Kelkar STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS The Story of Women in Hiding - Speaking Out! Prabha Community of Property Regime: A Call for Matrimonial Property Rights Poojitha CASE COMMENTS Rape: Challenging the Pedestals of Patriarchy R v. Ahluwalia: The Vindication of Battered Women R v. Butler: Revisiting the Feminist Debates on Pornography BOOK REVIEWS The Indian Feminist Movement: Law, Religion and Politics Geetanjali Gangoli NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY Legal Education and Community Law Reform The Women and Law Centre at NLS - A Performance Report Geetha Devi Ayappa Bibliography