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Rethinking law and violence

Title
Rethinking law and violence / edited by Latika Vashist and Jyoti Dogra Sood.
ISBN
9780190120993
0190120991
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Physical Description
xxxvi, 398 pages ; 23 cm
Summary
Conceptualized outside the theoretical framing of both liberal as well as critical approaches, this text re-imagines the law by exploring the contradictions and polarities of in terms of its relationship with violence. It encompasses and interweaves themes and ideas as diverse as death penalty, community might, state sovereignty on the one hand, to animal rights, sexual consent, children's agency and LGBT rights, on the other.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 24, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The real of law / Anup Dhar
'Human rights', 'Rule of law', and 'Violence' / Sayres Rudy
Hegemony without dominance / Vishnupad
Law at the heart of violence / Nikita Agarwal
Violent beasts and legal animals / Abhayraj Naik and Rachel Chenchiah
Violence, desire, and death penalty / Amit Bindal
Violence against the law / Ashley Tellis
Law, violence, and sexual consent / Latika Vashist
Negated agency, silenced voice, and the continued negotiations in the spaces within / Khushboo Jain
Reflections on the future of violence / Shiv Visvanathan.
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