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1 online resource (319 pages) |
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Routledge Research in Human Rights Law Ser |
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Routledge Research in Human Rights Law Ser
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Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Part I; 1 Civil liberties in the early constitution: the CrossRoads and Organiser cases; 2 The constitutional politics of judicial review and the Supreme Court's human rights discourse; 3 Securing rights, protecting the nation?: national security and the Indian Supreme Court; 4 India's parallel justice systems: engaging with Lok Adalats, Gram Nyayalayas, Nari Adalats and Khap Panchayats through human rights; Part II; 5 Unconstitutionalising India's death penalty |
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6 Gujarat 2002: refracted memories, inadequate images7 Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender human rights in India: from Naz Foundation to Navtej Singh Johar and beyond; 8 Acid attacks in India: the case for state and corporate accountability for gender-based crimes; Part III; 9 The right for rights: the lawful and the lawless in India; 10 India's Forest Rights Act: righting indigeneity, subverting property; 11 The human right to water: a testing ground for neoliberal policies |
| Summary |
"This volume presents an integrated collection of essays around the theme of India's failure to grapple with the big questions of human rights protections affecting marginalized minority groups in the country's recent rush to modernization. The book traverses a broad range of rights violations from: gender equality to sexual orientation, from judicial review of national security law to national security concerns, from water rights to forest rights of those in need, and from the persecution of Muslims in Gulberg to India's parallel legal system of Lok Adalats to resolve disputes. It calls into question India's claim to be a contemporary liberal democracy. The thesis is given added strength by the authors' diverse perspectives which ultimately create a synergy that stimulates the thinking of the entire field of human rights, but in the context of a non-western country, thereby prompting many specialists in human rights to think in new ways about their research and the direction of the field, both in India and beyond"-- Provided by publisher |
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12 Realising human rights obligations of the World Bank in India: a human rights critique of the World Bank Country Partnership Strategy for India (2013-2017)Index |
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Print version record |
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Human rights -- India
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Civil rights -- India
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Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- India
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Equality before the law -- India
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Civil rights
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Equality before the law
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Human rights
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Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000690637 |
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1000690636 |
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