Unit 1 of Law Relating to Women and Children (syllabus: Module I — the social and legal status of the sexes; the Constitution and women (Preamble, fundamental rights, directive principles, reservation in local bodies); personal laws, the Special Marriage Act 1954 and the Uniform Civil Code; criminal law and women; and the position of women under CEDAW and its optional protocol). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.