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A qualified hope : the Indian Supreme Court and progressive social change
Title
A qualified hope : the Indian Supreme Court and progressive social change / edited by Gerald N. Rosenberg, Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Shishir Bail.
ISBN
9781108565530 (ebook)
9781108474504 (hardback)
9781108464802 (paperback)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xviii, 357 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Notes
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Aug 2019).
"This book emanates from a pair of academic conferences organized in 2015 which examined the ability of the Indian Supreme Court to act as an effective agent of progressive social change. The first Conference was held at the Columbia University Law School, New York, on the 25th and 26th of September, 2015. The second Conference was held at the University of Chicago Center in New Delhi, India on the 11th and 12th of December, 2015."--ECIP Introduction.
Summary
The Indian Supreme Court is widely seen as a vanguard of progressive social change. Yet there are no systematic studies of whether its progressive decisions actually improve the lives of the relatively disadvantaged. This book presents the first collection of original empirical studies on the impact of the Indian Supreme Court's most progressive decisions. Combining original datasets with in-depth qualitative research, the chapters provide a rigorous examination of the conditions under which judicial decisions can make a difference to those in need. These studies reveal that the Indian Supreme Court, like its US counterpart, is largely constrained in its efforts. Yet, through the broad sweep of constitutional rights in the Indian Constitution, the Court's procedural innovations, and its institutional independence, the Indian Supreme Court can sometimes make a difference - in the lives of those most in need.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 05, 2019
Series
Comparative constitutional law and policy.
Contents
Introduction : the Indian Supreme Court and progressive social change / Gerald N. Rosenberg, Sudhir Krishnaswamy and Shishir Bail
The structure and functioning of the Supreme Court of India / Nick Robinson
The Supreme Court of India : an empirical overview of the institution / Aparna Chandra, William H.J. Hubbard, and Sital Kalantry
The recent evolution of public interest litigation in the Indian Supreme Court / Poorvi Chitalkar and Varun Gauri
Suo motu intervention and the Indian judiciary / Marc Galanter and Vasujith Ram
Public trust in the Indian judiciary : the power to transform / Sudhir Krishnaswamy and Siddharth Swaminathan
The art of buying time : street vendor politics and legal mobilization in metropolitan India / Karthik Rao-Cavale
Court as a symbolic resource : the Indra Sawhney case and the Dalit Muslim mobilization / Mohsin Alam-Bhat
Pucl v. Union of India : political mobilization and the right to food / Alyssa Brierley
A case for qualified hope? : the Supreme Court of India & the midday meal decision / Rosalind Dixon and Rishad Chowdhury
Implementation in the Delhi pollution case : lessons for the future / Robert Moog
The polarizing face of law : religious conversion judgments and political discourse in India / Shylashri Shankar
Evaluating the impact of the Indian Supreme Court judgment on sex-selective abortion / Sital Kalantry and Arindam Nandi
Neither a silver bullet nor a hollow hope : the Indian Supreme Court and progressive social change / Gerald N. Rosenberg, Shishir Bail, and Sudhir Krishnaswamy.
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