| Challenging The Rules(s) of Law: Colonialism, Criminology and Human Rights in India Contributor(s): Ltd, Sage Publications Pvt (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 9352809645 ISBN-13: 9789352809646 Publisher: Sage OUR PRICE: $31.34 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (2.01 lbs) 516 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This rare comprehensive critique of criminology in India brings together widely respected activists, advocates, bureaucrats, scholars and practitioners who share their concerns about the Indian criminal justice system through an interdisciplinary lens and discuss the need to entrench human rights in Indian polity. It is a significant step towards mapping the ways in which interdisciplinary research and human rights activism might inform legal praxis more effectively and holistically. Challenging the Rule(s) of Law: Colonialism, Criminology and Human Rights in India contests unproblematic assumptions of the rule of law and opens out avenues for a renewed and radical study of criminal law in the country. The collection looks at the problem of criminal law from the early colonial period to the present, examining the problem of overt violence by state actors and their compliance with dominant private actors. It calls into question the denial by the state of the wherewithal for bare life, which compounds people's vulnerability to a repressive rule of law. This work is a must read for students, researchers and faculty of Law, Criminal Law, Criminology, Legal History, Human Rights, Sociology of Law and Colonial History. It will also be invaluable for law historians, legal scholars and policy makers, especially the judiciary. |