LexisNexis Quick Reference Guide-Q&A Series - Family Law II

Family Law- II is specially designed for students pursuing the three-year or five-year LLB course in law education institutes. This revision book is part of the Quick Reference Guide: Q&A Series designed as a study manual for law students with a clear objective of assisting students in their examination preparation. The series adheres to the syllabus of the undergraduate law courses of all major universities and law institutes. Further, it deals with the most important topics in a comprehensive yet summarized manner.

The text covers topics of family law such as, the schools of Hindu Law, Hindu joint family and coparcenary, karta of the joint Hindu family, doctrine of pious obligation, the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, general rules of succession, doctrine of reversion, doctrine of preemption, doctrine of escheatment, daughter’s right in coparcenary property. It further covers topics of Muslim law such as, the Muslim law of inheritance, unknown concepts to the law of Islam, the doctrine of radd. It also covers the concepts of gift or hiba and its revocation, wills, pre-emption, wakf. It covers, the concept of wills, privileged and unprivileged will, probate, succession certificate, duties and liabilities of executor and administrator, the rule of Christian succession under the Indian Succession Act, 1925.

Key Features:-
• Contains over 40 questions and answers, focusing on quick conceptual clarity, covering over 65 detailed topics and around 50 important cases
• Answers are supplemented with numerous judgments, case laws and citation
• Helps students to prepare for exams and enhances their answer-writing skills by providing comprehensive and to-the-point answers
• Presents topics in question and answer format, as a tool for aiding in last minute rapid revision
• Provides frequently-asked questions based on previous year question papers from major universities both as to essay questions, short question and important cases
• The topic of Religious and Charitable endowments is new to this edition.