Kannabiran Kalpana

Tools of justice : Non-discrimination and the Indian constitution - New Delhi Routledge 2012 - 505p xi

List of Abbreviations;
Acknowledgements;
Introduction: Liberty and Non-discrimination - The Scope of Intersectional Jurisprudence;
PART I. MAPPING DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION IN INDIA
Introduction;
1. Trends in Disability Rights Jurisprudence;
2. Recognition of Discrimination Based on Disability;
3. Interpreting Disability Rights;
PART II: DISCRIMINATION AND THE STANDARD MEASLTRES OF DIVERSITY
Introduction;
4. Contextualizing Jurisprudence on Caste;
5. The Caste System, Justice and the Law;
6. Untouchability and the Right to Personal Liberty;
7. Adivasi Homelands and the Question of Liberty;
8. Plural Societies, Religious Minorities and Discrimination;
PART III. SEX, GENDER AND THE DENAL OF FREEDOMS
Introduction;
9 Genealogies of Resistance to Sex Discrimination in India;
10. Sex Discrimination Jurisprudence in India ;
11. Sexual Assault and the Right to Liberty;
12. Rethinking the Constitutional Category of Sex;
Conclusion: Eliminating Hostile Environments - Non-discrimination, Liberty and an Insurgent Constitutionalism;
Bibliography;
About the Author;
Index.



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