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6 Mich. J. Gender & L. 449 (1999-2000)
Dowry Deaths: Proposing a Standard for Implementation of Domestic Legislation in Accordance with Human Rights Obligations

handle is hein.journals/mjgl6 and id is 459 raw text is: DOWRY DEATHS: PROPOSING A STANDARD FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF DOMESTIC LEGISLATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS Namratha S. Ravikant* INTRODUCTION • 450 I. PROVIDING A CULTURAL CONTEXT FOR THE PRACTICE OF DoWRY AND DoWRY DEATHS • 454 K The Origins ofDowry • 454 B. The Contemporary Meaning ofDowry • 455 C. Dowry DeathsDefined • 456 D. Social and Economic Factors Surrounding Dowry Deaths 457 1. Women's Inferior Status in Indian Society • 457 2. Consumerism • 460 II. PROPOSING A STANDARD OF GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY WHEN PRIVATE PERSONS ACT: DUE DILIGENCE • 461 A. Background ofDue Diligence • 461 1. Prerequisites to Due Diligence: Notice and Means 463 2. Due Diligence: Reasonable Measures Under the Circumstances • 463 B. Due Diligence: Essential For the Realization of Human Rights in International Human Rights Instruments • 465 III. How INDIA FARES IN MEETING THE DUTY OF DUE DILIGENCE • 470 A. Constructive Notice • 470 B. Means • 471 * Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia District Attorney's Office; J.D., 1999, Georgetown University Law Center; A.B., 1995, Tufts University. The author would like to acknowledge the following people whose support and guidance were the inspiration behind this exploration of Indian women's human rights crises: the author is extremely grateful to Professor Lawrence 0. Gostin (Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; Professor of Law and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health; Co-Director, George- town/Johns Hopkins Program on Law and Public Health) for his encouragement, suggestions, and belief in this work. Special thanks also to James G. Hodge, Jr. (Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; Greenwall Fellow- ship Program in Bioethics and Health Policy), Melissa M. Goldstein (Greenwall Fellowship Program in Bioethics and Health Policy), Rene Bowser (Georgetown University Law Center's Future Law Professors Program), and Neeju Ravikant, M.D.

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