EVOLUTION OF WOMEN AS A “PERSON” IN THE EYES OF LAW

ABSTRACT „Women‟ it's not only a word rather, this word is a world in itself, this word when strikes in our psyche, naturally creates a picture of a mother, sister, wife and girl; the criticalness of women in any general public can't be disregarded and the status of women ought not be bargained. When we need our rights, we search for equity and when we search for equity we need to move to law as it is realized that equity is accidental to law. Be that as it may, law can do equity just to the individuals who exist for it i.e. the individuals who are perceived by the law and society as a 'person'. This paper puts a light on long running battle of women for their status and presence, their existence in law to be acknowledged as a „person'. This paper looks to give a verifiable, philosophical and jurisprudential bits of knowledge, that arrangements with the development of women and their socio-legitimate status in the contemporary world. The paper tries to clarify the subject by righteousness of two divisions, the Feminist Jurisprudence and the development of women‟s' rights under (i) common law and (ii) Islamic codes, which is further partitioned into sub-areas where the principle issues are raised and cause and impacts of such issues are specified. A comprehension is made with the assistance of contextual analyses.