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The Untouchables
In a sensitive and compelling account of the lives of those at the very bottom of Indian society, Oliver Mendelsohn and Marika Vicziany explore the construction of the Untouchables as a social and political category, the historical background which led to such a definition, and their position in India today. The authors argue that, despite efforts to ameliorate their condition on the part of the state, a considerable edifice of discrimination persists on the basis of a tradition of ritual subordination. Even now, therefore, it still makes sense to categorise these people as â€~Untouchables'. The book promises to make a major contribution to the social and economic debates on poverty, while its wide-ranging perspectives will ensure an interdisciplinary readership from historians of South Asia, to students of politics, economics, religion and sociology.
Law and Social Transformation in India
"This work uncovers the historical roots and also the contemporary character of law and society in India. Steeped in years of fieldwork in both rural and urban India, the work places the new legal forces and processes introduced into India by the British alongside those that predated the colonial incursion and still have vitality today. Indian law is now undergoing a period of comparatively rapid change. Globalisation has brought dynamism to some of the law firms of India, particularly in Mumbai, and this impact is considered here. There is growing impatience with the slowness and inefficiencies of the courts - though, contrary to much opinion, litigation is seen here to be declining rather ...
The Rights of Subordinated Peoples
Contributed papers presented in the Colloquium on the Rights of Subordinated Peoples, 16-18 November 1988, La Trobe University, Melbourne.
Contractualism and Citizenship
Contractualism and Citizenship is a special issue (Volume 18 No 2) of the journal Law in Context. The contents are listed below. You can read the abstract for each chapter by clicking on its title.You can purchase a single copy of this issue through this page, or subscribe to the journal from the journal page.
Dalit Empowerment
On contemporary political, social, economic and cultural issues of Dalits in India.
Pluralism and Democracy in India
Wendy Doniger and Martha Nussbaum bring together leading scholars from a wide array of disciplines to address a crucial question: How does the world's most populous democracy survive repeated assaults on its pluralistic values? India's stunning linguistic, cultural, and religious diversity has been supported since Independence by a political structure that emphasizes equal rights for all, and protects liberties of religion and speech. But a decent Constitution does not implement itself, and challenges to these core values repeatedly arise-most recently in the form of the Hindu Right movements of the twenty-first century that threatened to destabilize the nation and upend its core values, in ...
Dynamics of Caste and Law: Dalits, Oppression and Constitutional Democracy in India
The book explains how questions of caste and law involve persistent challenges concerning inequality and democracy in India's postcolonial state.
Outside the Fold
Outside the Fold is a radical reexamination of religious conversion. Gauri Viswanathan skillfully argues that conversion is an interpretive act that belongs in the realm of cultural criticism. To that end, this work examines key moments in colonial and postcolonial history to show how conversion questions the limitations of secular ideologies, particularly the discourse of rights central to both the British empire and the British nation-state. Implicit in such questioning is an attempt to construct an alternative epistemological and ethical foundation of national community. Viswanathan grounds her study in an examination of two simultaneous and, she asserts, linked events: the legal emancipa...
Legally Combating Atrocities on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Seeks To Explore The History Of Untouchability And Atrocities On Scheduled Castes And Scheduled Tribes Its Origin And Continuance And Also Explicates The Provisions Of The Scheduled Castes And Scheduled Tribes (Prevention Of Atrocities) Act. Examines Judicial Decisions, Reports And Journals In This Regard. Also Makes Suggestion To Overcome The Problem.
Intimate Lies and the Law
This is the first book that systematically examines deception in sexual, marital, and familial relationships and uncovers the hidden body of law that shields intimate deceivers from legal consequences. It argues that entering an intimate relationship-or being duped into one-should not mean losing the law's protection from deceit.
